HELP--still cannot shrink the transaction log--PLEASE HELP

Hello:
This is an update to my other posting. I know that it is unorthodox to post
twice but I don't know what else to do.
Below is my original posting. I had already done the items posted by the
other gentleman such as reivewing the sysfiles. I cannot get the logical
file name from anywhere either.
Again, please help! Should I just not shrink the file. The client only has
1.82 GB of free space left and there is nothing else that can be deleted.
Below is my message:
I'm trying to shrink the transaction log by running DBCC SHRINKFILE in query
analyzer in SQL 2000 against the master database.
What is the EXACT syntax? You see, the name of the database is JC and the
log file is named GPSJClog.ldf. I have tried to place both names in the
syntax of the statement but with no success. I keep getting a message saying
that the file name is not in sysfiles.
This is what I have tried:
DBCC SHRINKFILE (GPJClog.ldf , 2)
Please help!
childofthe1980s
Nevermind. I figured it out.
I had to run the following scripts against each of the databases:
BACKUP LOG JC with TRUNCATE_ONLY
DBCC SHRINKFILE (2, 20)
You see, the support documentation on the web did not say that you have to
take the fileID of the database--2 in the syntax above-- in order to make it
work! You get the number 2 from running the following query against the
database:
select * from sysfiles
It would have been nice if this had been in the documentation!
Thanks!
childofthe1980s
"childofthe1980s" wrote:

> Hello:
> This is an update to my other posting. I know that it is unorthodox to post
> twice but I don't know what else to do.
> Below is my original posting. I had already done the items posted by the
> other gentleman such as reivewing the sysfiles. I cannot get the logical
> file name from anywhere either.
> Again, please help! Should I just not shrink the file. The client only has
> 1.82 GB of free space left and there is nothing else that can be deleted.
> Below is my message:
> I'm trying to shrink the transaction log by running DBCC SHRINKFILE in query
> analyzer in SQL 2000 against the master database.
> What is the EXACT syntax? You see, the name of the database is JC and the
> log file is named GPSJClog.ldf. I have tried to place both names in the
> syntax of the statement but with no success. I keep getting a message saying
> that the file name is not in sysfiles.
> This is what I have tried:
> DBCC SHRINKFILE (GPJClog.ldf , 2)
> Please help!
> childofthe1980s
>
|||you were getting that error because you were running it in the master
database, not the databse you wanted to shrink the log for. the
documentation's correct.
"childofthe1980s" wrote:

> I'm trying to shrink the transaction log by running DBCC SHRINKFILE in query
> analyzer in SQL 2000 against the master database.
>
|||No, I did all different combinations--with ldf, without ldf, against the
master, against the database, and nothing was working until I placed the
database fileID of "2" in the suntax.
So, yes the documentation needs updating!
Thank you to all who helped!
childofthe1980s
"thomarse" wrote:

> you were getting that error because you were running it in the master
> database, not the databse you wanted to shrink the log for. the
> documentation's correct.
> "childofthe1980s" wrote:
>