SQL Maintenance from Dynamics NAV

When running Dynamics NAV on a MS-SQL database you need to execute some maintenance tasks.  They include defrag and rebuild for indexes and statistics update.  By using SQL Native Client, the Table Information from NAV and Job Queue you can automate this maintenance with Dynamics NAV Application Server.

First you must make sure that automatic update statistics and auto shrink are set to false.

Then you create codeunit for each task.  Here is an example.

Variables
[code]TableInformation@1100409000 : Record 2000000028;
ADOConnection@1100409004 :
Automation "’Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library’.Connection";
SQLSetup@1100409006 : Record 10017176;
Window@1100409003 : Dialog;
WindowLastUpdated@1100409002 : DateTime;
Counter@1100409001 : Integer;
Total@1100409000 : Integer;
Text001@1100409005 :
TextConst ‘ENU=Microsoft ADO not found.;ISL=Microsoft ADO finnst ekki.’;[/code]
Code for Rebuild Indexes using “DBCC DBREINDEX”
[code]SQLSetup.GET;
SQLSetup.TESTFIELD("SQL Server Name");
SQLSetup.TESTFIELD("SQL Database name");
IF GUIALLOWED THEN
Window.OPEN(‘#1####################################\\’ +
‘@2@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@’);
WindowLastUpdated := CURRENTDATETIME;

IF ISCLEAR(ADOConnection) THEN
IF NOT CREATE(ADOConnection) THEN
ERROR(Text001);

IF ADOConnection.State = 1 THEN
ADOConnection.Close;

ADOConnection.Open(
STRSUBSTNO(
‘Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=%1;’ +
‘Database=%2;Trusted_Connection=yes;’,
SQLSetup."SQL Server Name",
SQLSetup."SQL Database name"));
ADOConnection.CommandTimeout(0);

WITH TableInformation DO BEGIN
SETFILTER("No. of Records",’>0′);
SETFILTER("Table No.",'<>150014&<2000000002′);
Total := COUNTAPPROX;
Counter := 0;
IF FINDSET THEN REPEAT
Counter := Counter + 1;
IF GUIALLOWED THEN
IF (CURRENTDATETIME – WindowLastUpdated) > 1000 THEN BEGIN
Window.UPDATE(1,"Table Name");
Window.UPDATE(2,ROUND(Counter / Total * 10000,1));
WindowLastUpdated := CURRENTDATETIME;
END;

IF "Company Name" <> ” THEN
ADOConnection.Execute(
STRSUBSTNO(
‘DBCC DBREINDEX ([%1$%2],””,90);’,
CONVERTSTR("Company Name",’."\/”’,’_____’),
CONVERTSTR("Table Name",’."\/”’,’_____’)))
ELSE
ADOConnection.Execute(
STRSUBSTNO(
‘DBCC DBREINDEX ([%1],””,90);’,
CONVERTSTR("Table Name",’."\/”’,’_____’)))

UNTIL NEXT = 0;
END;

ADOConnection.Close;[/code]
This example is using trusted connection to the SQL Server, that is a domain user account.  Grant that user the processadmin server role.

To defragment indexes, use “DBCC INDEXDEFRAG”.

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