Jun 2, 2010 · An index is used to speed up the performance of queries. It does this by reducing the number of database data pages that have to be visited/scanned. In SQL Server, a …

Jul 6, 2011 · 140 Lets say in the employee table, I have created an index (idx_name) on the emp_name column of the table. Do I need to explicitly specify the index name in select clause …

In SQL Server, the primary key constraint automatically creates a clustered index on that particular column. Non-Clustered Index - A non-clustered index doesn’t sort the physical data …

Dec 30, 2024 · See Online Index Operations. When the process is completed the table is locked for a brief period and the new index replaces the old index. If the index contains LOB columns, …

Sep 18, 2008 · Both types of index will improve performance when select data with fields that use the index but will slow down update and insert operations. Because of the slower insert and …

Apr 28, 2017 · Here is a SQL query solution that works in SQL Server 2005 and up, that will let you 1) first find all the indexes that need to be rebuilt or reorganized to reduce fragmentation, …

Apr 28, 2015 · Looking to create a SQL query that rebuilds indexes in SQL on only one table within my database. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Someone earlier suggested …

Aug 11, 2008 · In the SSW Rules To Better SQL Server Databases, there is an example of a full database maintenance plan: SSW. There, they run a Reorganize Index, and then a Rebuild …

Apr 20, 2009 · How do I get a list of all index & index columns in SQL Server 2005+? The closest I could get is: select s.name, t.name, i.name, c.name from sys.tables t inner join …

Indexes in SQL Server 2005/2008 – Best Practices, Part 1 Indexes in SQL Server 2005/2008 – Part 2 – Internals One thing to note, clustered indexes should have a unique key (an identity …