Clear D365TempDbTables

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external help file: d365fo.tools-help.xml Module Name: d365fo.tools online version: https://msdyn365fo.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/cleanup-tempdb-tables-in-a-msdyn365fo-sandbox-environment/ schema: 2.0.0

Clear-D365TempDbTables

SYNOPSIS

Cleanup TempDB tables in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations environment

SYNTAX

Clear-D365TempDbTables [[-DatabaseServer] <String>] [[-DatabaseName] <String>] [[-SqlUser] <String>]
 [[-SqlPwd] <String>] [[-Days] <Int32>] [-EnableException] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This will cleanup X days of TempDB tables

The reason behind this process is that sp_updatestats takes significantly longer depending on the number of TempDB tables in the system

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Clear-D365TempDbTables -Days 7

This will cleanup old tempdb tables. It will use 7 as the Days parameter.

The remaining parameters will use their default values, which are provided by the tools.

PARAMETERS

-DatabaseServer

The name of the database server

If on-premises or classic SQL Server, use either short name og Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).

If Azure use the full address to the database server, e.g. server.database.windows.net

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: $Script:DatabaseServer
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DatabaseName

The name of the database

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: $Script:DatabaseName
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SqlUser

The login name for the SQL Server instance

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: $Script:DatabaseUserName
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SqlPwd

The password for the SQL Server user

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: $Script:DatabaseUserPassword
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Days

Temp tables older than this Days input will be dropped

The default value is 7 (days)

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: 7
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-EnableException

This parameters disables user-friendly warnings and enables the throwing of exceptions This is less user friendly, but allows catching exceptions in calling scripts

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

Author: Alex Kwitny (@AlexOnDAX)

Author: Mötz Jensen (@Splaxi)

This cmdlet is based on the findings from Paul Heisterkamp (@braul)

See his blog for more info: https://msdyn365fo.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/cleanup-tempdb-tables-in-a-msdyn365fo-sandbox-environment/

RELATED LINKS

https://msdyn365fo.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/cleanup-tempdb-tables-in-a-msdyn365fo-sandbox-environment/

https://github.com/PaulHeisterkamp/d365fo.blog/blob/master/Tools/SQL/DropTempDBTables.sql