Set simple recovery mode and shrink log files for all user created databases

Question

I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm not a frequent user of T-SQL, but I did some googleing, and found the script below. I corrected the script a bit.

I want the script to:

To select all databases, except the system DBs.
To set recovery to simple.
To shrink the log files for every db(.ldf), except the system db

The script:

USE MASTER
declare
@isql varchar(2000),
@dbname varchar(64)

declare c1 cursor for select name from master..sysdatabases where name not in ('master','model','msdb','tempdb','ReportServer','ReportServerTempDB')
open c1
fetch next from c1 into @dbname
While @@fetch_status <> -1
    begin
    select @isql = 'ALTER DATABASE @dbname SET RECOVERY SIMPLE'
    select @isql = replace(@isql,'@dbname',@dbname)
    print @isql
    exec(@isql)
    select @isql='USE @dbname checkpoint'
    select @isql = replace(@isql,'@dbname',@dbname)
    print @isql
    exec(@isql)
    select @isql='DBCC SHRINKFILE @dbname.ldf'
    select @isql = replace(@isql,'@dbname',@dbname)
    print @isql
    exec(@isql)

    fetch next from c1 into @dbname
    end
close c1
deallocate c1

AA.SC · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-22T07:39:09.053

Use Script to Shrink Log files of all databases other than the system DBs.

USE MASTER   
GO    
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON  
GO  
SET ARITHABORT ON  
GO  

DECLARE @DBName NVARCHAR(255),@LogicalFileName NVARCHAR(255),@DBRecoveryDesc Varchar(200)  

DECLARE DatabaseList CURSOR   
FOR   
SELECT name,recovery_model_desc  
FROM sys.databases  
WHERE state_desc = 'ONLINE'  
AND is_read_only = 0  
and database_id>4  
ORDER BY name  

OPEN DatabaseList  
FETCH NEXT FROM DatabaseList INTO @DBName,@DBRecoveryDesc  
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0     
BEGIN   

SET @LogicalFileName=(SELECT top 1 name FROM sys.master_files AS mf WHERE DB_NAME(database_id)=@DBName and type_desc='LOG')  

If @DBRecoveryDesc='Full'  
Begin  
     Print('Use ['+@DBName+'] 
            GO  

           ALTER DATABASE ['+@DBName+'] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE WITH NO_WAIT
           GO   

            DBCC SHRINKFILE ('''+@LogicalFileName+''',10)  
            GO  

            ALTER DATABASE ['+@DBName+'] SET RECOVERY FULL WITH  NO_WAIT
            GO ')  
Print '----------------------------------------------------------- '  
END  

If @DBRecoveryDesc='Simple'  
Begin   
     Print('Use ['+@DBName+']  
            GO  

            DBCC SHRINKFILE ('''+@LogicalFileName+''',10)    
            GO    
 ')  
Print '----------------------------------------------------------- '

END

         FETCH NEXT FROM DatabaseList INTO @DBName,@DBRecoveryDesc
      END  
CLOSE DatabaseList  
DEALLOCATE DatabaseList

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 15:09

I've always had such an aversion to cursors, that I wrote this as I can better understand it. It's totally based off of AA.SC's answer (thank you by the way), just put in a way that I think. If this jives with what others think, then great. Note, I didn't put it back into Full recovery mode afterward though.

SELECT 
'--', d.name dbName, d.recovery_model, d.recovery_model_desc , mf.name LogicalFileName,
'
use [' + d.name + ']

if(' + cast(d.recovery_model as varchar(5)) + ' = 1)
BEGIN
    ALTER DATABASE ['+ d.name +'] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE WITH NO_WAIT
END
GO 
DBCC SHRINKFILE (''' + mf.name  +''',10)  
GO  
'
FROM sys.databases d
join sys.master_files mf
    on d.database_id = mf.database_id
    and mf.type_desc = 'LOG' 
WHERE d.state_desc = 'ONLINE'  
AND d.is_read_only = 0  
and d.database_id > 4 
--and d.recovery_model = 1
ORDER BY d.name

Set simple recovery mode and shrink log files for all user created databases

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