Transaction log is full and does not free up space

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Published on 2010-03-09T15:02:05Z Indexed on 2010/06/04 6:10 UTC
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Hi,

I have a database in SQL Server 2005 whose transaction log becomes full. It is using snapshot replication. I noticed the transaction log is not freeing up space. So I created an additional transaction log. Three days has passed and this first transaction log is still full. I performed a full database backup and transaction backup. Then I tried to shrink the transaction log but the shrink failed.

Can anyone advise why shrinking transaction log is failing? ANy other recommendation on how to resolve the problem?

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