spMFDeleteHistory

Signature

EXEC dbo.spMFDeleteHistory
    @DeleteBeforeDate = '2000-01-01',
    @BatchSize = NULL,
    @Debug = 0;

Returns

• 1 = Success

• -1 = Error

Parameters

@DeleteBeforeDate

• earliest date for retention of logs

@BatchSize

• Number of rows to delete per batch (default: 2000)

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to delete all records in MFlog,MFUpdateHistory,MFAuditHistory till the given date Additional Info —————

This procedure is built into an agent to run it on a schedule

Examples

EXEC spMFDeleteHistory @DeleteBeforeDate = '2023-11-01';

Run with Default Batch Size (2000 records)

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EXEC spMFDeleteHistory @DeleteBeforeDate = '2023-11-01', @BatchSize = 5000;

Run with Custom Batch Size (5000 records per batch)

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EXEC spMFDeleteHistory @DeleteBeforeDate = '2023-11-01', @BatchSize = NULL;

Run with Explicit NULL (Defaults to 2000)

EXEC spMFDeleteHistory @DeleteBeforeDate = '2023-11-01', @BatchSize = 5000, @Debug = 1;

Run with debug messages showing (use for agent messages also)

Changelog

Date	Author	Description
2025-01-05	JPE	Added @BatchSize parameter with default value. Optimized for high-volume databases: batch deletes, reduced locks, error handling, and logging. Added loop reporting for progress tracking.
2020-09-12	LC	Add documentation
2016-11-10	LC	Add ProcessBatch and ProcessBatchDetail to delete