SQL Server Database Size Reduction Query

I have a SQL Server 2008 Express Database which is 7.8 GB in size

DataFile 1.2 GB

LogFile 6.6 GB

Recovery Model = Full

Auto Shrink = False

On a Live database, what is the best way to reduce the siz开发者_如何学编程e of this database?

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Before you can shrink a database running in full recovery model, you must backup the transaction log. So the procedure is to run a transaction log backup, and then shrink the log file.

If you have never performed a transaction log backup then you will continue to suffer from run-away log files and shrinking it will only be a band-aid solution.

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• You can also identify unused tables and remove those tables(if there is)
• you can create Archive database that will stored some old unused data
• you can normalize your database more to reduce table size.

hope this information helps you.