Log and History Management

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SYSLOG.clearFinishedJobLogs

This procedure clears job history for finished jobs only.

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SYSLOG.clearFinishedJobLogs(IN before timestamp)

This command clears all log entries with a finish timestamp earlier than the provided timestamp. To clear all entries for finished jobs from the job history, provide NULL.

SYSLOG.clearJobLogs

This procedure clears job history.

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SYSLOG.clearJobLogs(IN before timestamp)

This command clears all log entries with a finish timestamp earlier than the provided timestamp. To clear all entries from the job history, provide NULL.

SYSLOG.clearQueryLogs

This procedure clears the query log.

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SYSLOG.clearQueryLogs(IN before timestamp)

This command clears all log entries with a finish timestamp earlier than the provided timestamp. To clear all entries from the query log, provide NULL.

SYSLOG.clearHistory

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SYSLOG.clearHistory(IN historyTableName string, IN before timestamp)

In this procedure, historyTableName is the name of the history table in SYSLOG. If this parameter is set to NULL, all history tables will be cleared.

This command clears all entries with a finish timestamp earlier than the provided timestamp. To clear all entries, provide NULL.

Examples of usage:

1. Deleting entries from the SYSLOG.ViewDefinitionHistory table older than 2015-09-11 16:30:00:

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CALL SYSLOG.clearHistory(historyTableName => 'ViewDefinitionHistory', before => cast('2015-09-11 16:30:00' as timestamp));;

2. Deleting all entries from the SYSLOG.ViewDefinitionHistory table:

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CALL SYSLOG.clearHistory(historyTableName => 'ViewDefinitionHistory');;

3. Deleting entries older than 2015-09-11 16:30:00 from all history tables:

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CALL SYSLOG.clearHistory(before => cast('2015-09-11 16:30:00' as timestamp));;

4. Deleting all entries from all history tables:

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CALL SYSLOG.clearHistory();;