My understanding is that when a Trigger fails then the entire transaction rolls back. Assuming this is correct does SQL server log these failures anywhere?
Would they be logged in the .ldf file? or are only successful transactions logged there?
In my development environment I was able to retrieve the aborted transactions using the ApexSQL transaction log reader.
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise (I know! #wink. I am working on a migration plan) production server, in FULL recovery mode. I have a database that is used as a source for SQL replication. Daily Full backups and 2-hours incrementals.
I have a log file that has grown a lot (123Go) due to a one-time operation, and that I can't seem to shrink back down to a more normal level.
log_reuse_wait_desc = 'NOTHING'
DBCC Loginfo show a single line with the status = 2
DBCC SQLPERF(LOGSPACE) shows 0.9% used space
sys.sysprocesses WHERE open_tran = 1 shows the SLEEPING reader agents
DBCC OPENTRAN shows the oldest non-distributed as (0:0:0)
When I try to run a small increment shrink, DBCC SHRINKFILE (N'X_log', 120360)
I get:
Cannot shrink log file 2 (X_log) because requested size is larger than the start of the last logical log file.
What else can I try to get what transaction is blocked in the LOG? I will not switch to SIMPLE, I will not backup to NUL, or truncate the LOG, or break my backup chain unless there are clearly no other solution. All suggestions I found seem to somehow assume it is a viable method to break the chain or reboot the server.
What diagnostic command can I still try at this point? I would very much like to debug that one without resorting to Kill-the-spider-with-a-flamethrower actions.
Thanks
I am trying to run
DBCC CHECKTABLE
(or CHECKDB, same result), but I keep getting this error:
Check statement aborted. Database contains deferred transactions.
I've made some researches and found that it's some process with SPID 5 and command DB STARTUP blocks everything. This process is running for a few days already but neither dbcc opentran nor dbcc inputbuffer(5) show anything.
Looks like it just sits there and does nothing.
I've checked the logs for that database and it seems that recovery process went fine (last records are about step 3 of 3 running and that over 500K transactions were rolled back so I assume it's done)
I've tried some advice from Google but none of them helped. Setting database to SINGLE_USER, EMERGENCY and even OFFLINE changed nothing - actually, all of them were blocked in one way or another. I can't restore it from earlier backup for some reasons, and there is no more good advice in Google.
Please help.
I'm using SQL 2000 for my application. My application is using N tables.
My application has a wrapper for SQL server called Database server. It is running as a 24/7 windows service.
If I have checked the integrity check option in the SQL maintenance plan, when this task is running one time after that one of my tables has been locked and it has been never unlocked.
So my history of the database transaction has been lost.
Please provide your suggestion how to solve this problem.
What if you have a client-side command timeout? And the locks are your own locks as a result of the DBCC?
Your code will timeout waiting for the DBCC to finish, but any locks it's already issued are not rolled back.
A command timeout tells SQL Server to simply stop processing. To release locks you need to either ROLLACK on the connection or close the connection.
Options:
Use SET XACT_ABORT in the SQL: Do I really need to use “SET XACT_ABORT ON”? (SO)
On client error, try and rollback yourself (Literally IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0 ROLLBACK TRAN)
I'm trying to perform some offline maintenance (dev database restore from live backup) on my dev database, but the 'Take Offline' command via SQL Server Management Studio is performing extremely slowly - on the order of 30 minutes plus now. I am just about at my wits end and I can't seem to find any references online as to what might be causing the speed problem, or how to fix it.
Some sites have suggested that open connections to the database cause this slowdown, but the only application that uses this database is my dev machine's IIS instance, and the service is stopped - there are no more open connections.
What could be causing this slowdown, and what can I do to speed it up?
After some additional searching (new search terms inspired by gbn's answer and u07ch's comment on KMike's answer) I found this, which completed successfully in 2 seconds:
ALTER DATABASE <dbname> SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
(Update)
When this still fails with the following error, you can fix it as inspired by this blog post:
ALTER DATABASE failed because a lock could not be placed on database 'dbname' Try again later.
you can run the following command to find out who is keeping a lock on your database:
EXEC sp_who2
And use whatever SPID you find in the following command:
KILL <SPID>
Then run the ALTER DATABASE command again. It should now work.
There is most likely a connection to the DB from somewhere (a rare example: asynchronous statistic update)
To find connections, use sys.sysprocesses
USE master
SELECT * FROM sys.sysprocesses WHERE dbid = DB_ID('MyDB')
To force disconnections, use ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
USE master
ALTER DATABASE MyDB SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
Do you have any open SQL Server Management Studio windows that are connected to this DB?
Put it in single user mode, and then try again.
In my case, after waiting so much for it to finish I had no patience and simply closed management studio. Before exiting, it showed the success message, db is offline. The files were available to rename.
execute the stored procedure
sp_who2
This will allow you to see if there is any blocking locks.. kill their should fix it.
In SSMS: right-click on SQL server icon, Activity Monitor. Open Processes. Find the processed connected. Right-click on the process, Kill.
In my case I had looked at some tables in the DB prior to executing this action. My user account was holding an active connection to this DB in SSMS. Once I disconnected from the server in SSMS (leaving the 'Take database offline' dialog box open) the operation succeeded.
anytime you run into this type of thing you should always think of your transaction log. The alter db statment with rollback immediate indicates this to be the case. Check this out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189085.aspx
Bone up on checkpoints, etc. You need to decide if the transactions in your log are worth saving or not and then pick the mode to run your db in accordingly. There's really no reason for you to have to wait but also no reason for you to lose data either - you can have both.
Closing the instance of SSMS (SQL Service Manager) from which the request was made solved the problem for me.....
To get around this I stopped the website that was connected to the db in IIS and immediately the 'frozen' 'take db offline' panel became unfrozen.
Also, close any query windows you may have open that are connected to the database in question ;)
I tried all the suggestions below and nothing worked.
EXEC sp_who
Kill < SPID >
ALTER DATABASE SET SINGLE_USER WITH Rollback Immediate
ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
Result: Both the above commands were also stuck.
4 . Right-click the database -> Properties -> Options
Set Database Read-Only to True
Click 'Yes' at the dialog warning SQL Server will close all connections to the database.
Result: The window was stuck on executing.
As a last resort, I restarted the SQL server service from configuration manager and then ran ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE. It worked like a charm
In SSMS, set the database to read-only then back. The connections will be closed, which frees up the locks.
In my case there was a website that had open connections to the database. This method was easy enough:
Right-click the database -> Properties -> Options
Set Database Read-Only to True
Click 'Yes' at the dialog warning SQL Server will close all connections to the database.
Re-open Options and turn read-only back off
Now try renaming the database or taking it offline.
For me, I just had to go into the Job Activity Monitor and stop two things that were processing. Then it went offline immediately. In my case though I knew what those 2 processes were and that it was ok to stop them.
In my case, the database was related to an old Sharepoint install. Stopping and disabling related services in the server manager "unhung" the take offline action, which had been running for 40 minutes, and it completed immediately.
You may wish to check if any services are currently utilizing the database.
Next time, from the Take Offline dialog, remember to check the 'Drop All Active Connections' checkbox. I was also on SQL_EXPRESS on local machine with no connections, but this slowdown happened for me unless I checked that checkbox.
SSMS, especially if running it from your own desktop remotely and not directly within the database server, can be a reason for the long delays in detaching a database. For some reason SSMS may not be able to disconnect any existing "connections" to the database.
We found the process was almost instant when we did it directly from the database server itself. And in fact it killed the attempt from my own desktop SSMS session, and it "took over" and detached the database.
Nothing else suggested here worked.
Thanks
In my case i stopped Tomcat server . then immediately the DB went offline .