[plug] [OT] web error

[James Devenish]

In message <402355A0.2080906 at powerstech.com>
on Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 04:51:44PM +0800, Russ Powers wrote:
> "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14'
> 
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The log file for database 
> 'NedKelly' is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free 
> up some log space.
> 
> /search/redirect.asp, line 70"
> 
> Seems odd that a full log file could kill your web. Is this a mickeysoft 
> thing or common with sql?

A "transaction log" is not a "syslog" file, it is actually an essential
part of "transaction" handling. I.e. like the journal of a journalled
filesystem -- you can't support transactions without it. Perhaps their
site is exceptionally busy at the moment.