How do I shrink a SharePoint log?
Right-click on the same database name and click Task-> Shrink-> Files. Use the File type drop-down menu and choose Log. You can use the default setting of Release Unused Space or select Reorganize Pages before releasing unused space. You can specify the file size by supplying a value in the Shrink file to option.
How do I connect to a content database in SharePoint?
To attach a content database by using Central Administration On the SharePoint Central Administration website, click Application Management. On the Application Management page, in the Databases section, click Manage content databases. On the Manage Content Databases page, click Add a content database.
Why SharePoint is not good as a database?
No large volume of items and binary data Unlike a database, SharePoint can’t handle many items. Even the SharePoint product team advises limiting the number of items in a list to 2,000 for each list container (the root of the list and any folders in the list), otherwise, the list performance significantly decreases.
Can SharePoint replace Access database?
The SharePoint lists also support the concept of views which allow you to determine which fields to show, in which order, with sorting, filtering, and grouping options specific to that view. So can you use SharePoint to replace functions you used to do in Access? Absolutely.
How do I connect SQL database to SharePoint?
Click on the Query Design button under the CREATE tab and select the SQL database table. Click on the Append button under the ribbon DESIGN tab to append data to the SharePoint list. Select how the data from the SQL database table should be added to the SharePoint list.
Is Access deprecated?
No, Microsoft have no plans to end Microsoft Access. They are committed to its development. See this video from Access Program Manager Ebo Quansah where he confirms that Microsoft will continue to develop Access and included it in future releases of Office.
How do I access SharePoint data from SQL Server?
Open your SQL database with SQL Management Studio. Right click on your database > Tasks > Import Data. Select your Excel file as the source, and specific table as destination. Fill all other needed options.
How to shrink SharePoint config DB log file?
Right click the SharePoint_config database click properties and it will open the database properties dialog box and select Note: If the log file is large in size, it might take some time to shrink it, resulting in the processing taking longer time.
Is there a way to shrink the SharePoint database?
Unless you have scheduled shrinking maintenance operation, or you have automatic shrink enabled on the database, the files won’t get smaller even if you remove content from SharePoint. Shrinking operation itself is usually a quick procedure.
How to log on the backend server of SharePoint?
Log on the backend server (SharePoint Database Server) by using admin account to perform task for database. Right click the SharePoint_config database click properties and it will open the database properties dialog box and select
Why do I have a log file in SharePoint?
We all are aware that SharePoint have default DB i.e. configDB and in SQL database every database have a log file to log the operations / transactions. Due to number of users and transactions log file grow much faster than transactional data file. Due to this server team start complaining and asking me to move or delete this log file.