Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

However, it does not restore the Transaction logs, Allocation pages, Page 0 of all data files (the file boot page), Page 1:9 (the database boot page), and Full-text catalog. Here is the T-SQL command ...

In SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you can see the SQL Server database state. Alternatively, you can use T-SQL commands to verify your database status. You can use the DATABASEPROPERTYEX function ...