Remove all freespace from all databases and truncate all transaction logs

>>Script Language and Platform: Microsoft SQL Server
For each user database,this script will remove all the freespace and truncate the transaction log.

Instructions: Run against master, the script will use the system catalog to produce a list of databases
If you want to exclude a database add the excluded db name to the ‘not in’ list below.

Author: Cameron Michelis

/* 

Function: For each user database remove all the freespace and truncate the transaction log.  
Instructions: Run against master, the script will use the system catalog to produce a list of databases.

If you want to excluce a database add the excluded db name to the ‘not in’ list below.
cjm@integer.org

http://www.integer.org
Copyright (C) 2003 Cameron Michelis copying and redistribution of this file is permitted

provided this notice and the above comments are preserved.

*/
Set quoted_identifier off

use master

go
DECLARE @dataname varchar(30)

DECLARE @dataname_header varchar(75)

DECLARE datanames_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT name FROM sysdatabases

        WHERE name not in (‘master’, ‘pubs’, ‘tempdb’, ‘model’, ‘northwind’)
OPEN datanames_cursor
  FETCH NEXT FROM datanames_cursor INTO @dataname
  WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)

    BEGIN

      IF (@@fetch_status = -2)

        BEGIN

		FETCH NEXT FROM datanames_cursor INTO @dataname

          	CONTINUE

        END

	SELECT @dataname_header = “Database ” + RTRIM(UPPER(@dataname))

      	PRINT ” ”

	PRINT @dataname_header

	EXEC(“BACKUP LOG ” + @dataname + ” WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY”)

	EXEC(“DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (” + @dataname + “,TRUNCATEONLY)”)

      	FETCH NEXT FROM datanames_cursor INTO @dataname

      END
DEALLOCATE datanames_cursor

PRINT “”

PRINT ” ”

PRINT “Free space removed and transaction log truncated for each user database”

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