How to: Create, Alter, and Remove a Log File in Visual Basic .NET

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This section describes how to create, modify, and remove a log file by using Visual Basic .NET.

The code example creates a LogFile object, changes one of the properties, and then removes it from the database.

Creating, altering, and removing log files

  1. Start Visual Studio 2005.

  2. From the File menu, select New Project. The New Project dialog box appears.

  3. In the Project Types pane, select Visual Basic. In the Templates pane, select Console Application.

  4. (Optional) In the Name box, type the name of the new application.

  5. Click OK to load the Visual Basic console application template.

  6. On the Project menu, select Add Reference item. The Add Reference dialog box appears. Select Browse and locate the SMO assemblies in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies folder. Select the following files:

    Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll

    Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll

    Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum.dll

    Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum.dll

  7. On the View menu, click Code.-Or-Select the Module.vb window to display the code window.

  8. In the code, before any declarations, type the following Imports statements to qualify the types in the SMO namespace:

    Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common

  9. Insert the code that follows this procedure into the main program.

  10. Run and build the application.

Example

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks")
'Define a LogFile object and set the database, name, and file name properties in the constructor.
Dim lf1 As LogFile
lf1 = New LogFile(db, "logfile1", "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\logfile1.ldf")
'Set the file growth to 6%.
lf1.GrowthType = FileGrowthType.Percent
lf1.Growth = 6
'Run the Create method to create the log file on the instance of SQL Server.
lf1.Create()
'Alter the growth percentage.
lf1.Growth = 7
lf1.Alter()
'Remove the log file.
lf1.Drop()

See Also

Concepts

Using Filegroups and Files to Store Data

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance