Invoking a Database Sweep Using the Services API

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You can invoke a database sweep with the cluster identifier isc_action_svc_repair. Sweeping attempts to scan the database for outdated record versions and mark them as free space. The following table lists arguments to isc_action_svc_repair to sweep a database:

Services API database sweep arguments

Argument	Purpose	Argument length	Argument value
isc_spb_dbname	Path of the primary file of the database, from the server’s point of view	2 bytes + string	String
isc_spb_options	The following value is a bitmask of isc_spb_rpr_xxxx options below	4 bytes	Bitmask
isc_spb_rpr_sweep_db	Request database sweep to mark outdated records as free space; corresponds to gfix -sweep	—	Bit