SQL Server Unused Index Script

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SQL Server Unused Index Script

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January 15, 2018 at 12:37 pm

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Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 1

yusufkahveci - Monday, January 15, 2018 12:37 PM
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This script looks exactly the same as the script posted several years ago in Pinal Dave's blog on SQL Authority - I can't find any difference in formatting, alias names, the script itself, etc. Could you explain how this is different from his script located here:
SQL SERVER â€“ Unused Index Script â€“ Download

This is his script from his site:
-- Unused Index Script -- Original Author: Pinal Dave SELECT TOP 25 o.name AS ObjectName , i.name AS IndexName , i.index_id AS IndexID , dm_ius.user_seeks AS UserSeek , dm_ius.user_scans AS UserScans , dm_ius.user_lookups AS UserLookups , dm_ius.user_updates AS UserUpdates , p.TableRows , 'DROP INDEX ' + QUOTENAME(i.name) + ' ON ' + QUOTENAME(s.name) + '.' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(dm_ius.OBJECT_ID)) AS 'drop statement' FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats dm_ius INNER JOIN sys.indexes i ON i.index_id = dm_ius.index_id AND dm_ius.OBJECT_ID = i.OBJECT_ID INNER JOIN sys.objects o ON dm_ius.OBJECT_ID = o.OBJECT_ID INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON o.schema_id = s.schema_id INNER JOIN (SELECT SUM(p.rows) TableRows, p.index_id, p.OBJECT_ID FROM sys.partitions p GROUP BY p.index_id, p.OBJECT_ID) p ON p.index_id = dm_ius.index_id AND dm_ius.OBJECT_ID = p.OBJECT_ID WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(dm_ius.OBJECT_ID,'IsUserTable') = 1 AND dm_ius.database_id = DB_ID() AND i.type_desc = 'nonclustered' AND i.is_primary_key = 0 AND i.is_unique_constraint = 0 ORDER BY (dm_ius.user_seeks + dm_ius.user_scans + dm_ius.user_lookups) ASC GO

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 2

Agreed. I've reported this as a "Terms of use" violation for possible plagiarism. It explains a lot about several of this user's recent posts not having any decent information about what the scripts actually do.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 11:41 AM
Agreed. I've reported this as a "Terms of use" violation for possible plagiarism. It explains a lot about several of this user's recent posts not having any decent information about what the scripts actually do.

Definitely explains a lot. Kind of like dropping sp_help_revloogin but not actually replacing it with a stored procedure with the same name 🙂
That one had spk_hx which is exactly the same as sp_hexadecimal - but didn't drop that one.
And spk_loginscript looks the same as sp_help_revloogin. The only changes I found were just adding comment blocks with his name, url and such in the middle of the scripts.

Sue

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 4

Sue_H - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 12:11 PM
Jeff Moden - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 11:41 AM
Agreed. I've reported this as a "Terms of use" violation for possible plagiarism. It explains a lot about several of this user's recent posts not having any decent information about what the scripts actually do.
Definitely explains a lot. Kind of like dropping sp_help_revloogin but not actually replacing it with a stored procedure with the same name 🙂
That one had spk_hx which is exactly the same as sp_hexadecimal - but didn't drop that one.
And spk_loginscript looks the same as sp_help_revloogin. The only changes I found were just adding comment blocks with his name, url and such in the middle of the scripts.
Sue

Thanks for the verification, Sue. I've taken this to the next step and have reported this user as a plagiarist to abuse@sqlservercentral.com . There is little so low in my book.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 5

Jeff Moden - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 6:35 AM
Thanks for the verification, Sue. I've taken this to the next step and have reported this user as a plagiarist to abuse@sqlservercentral.com . There is little so low in my book.

Thanks for posting the address - I saved it. I actually tried to answer this a few times but couldn't get one sentence typed without being beyond politically correct. So I guess you could say it irritates me more than a bit when people do that. A lot of people grab snippets here or there, forget where they got them, maybe does a quick post using it, etc but those are obvious and not a deliberate or conscious attempt to rip somebody off so they can look good. And I have to stop there before I have to delete this post again.

Sue

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 6

This one is also stolen. The entire introductory text has been lifted word for word from the original.
It's on his LinkedIn too. What a B@$¬@~#.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 7

ChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:35 AM
This one is also stolen. The entire introductory text has been lifted word for word from the original.
It's on his LinkedIn too. What a B@$Â¬@~#.

Do you have a link for the original, Chris?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden - Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:34 AM
ChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:35 AM
This one is also stolen. The entire introductory text has been lifted word for word from the original.
It's on his LinkedIn too. What a B@$Â¬@~#.
Do you have a link for the original, Chris?

Sure.

http://sqlserverplanet.com/dmvs/find-most-executed-stored-procedures

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 9

Wow... this guy has no sense of right. Considering that he also copied the text of an article, it proves that his plagiarism is blatant and deliberate.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 10

Jeff Moden - Thursday, January 18, 2018 6:14 AM
Wow... this guy has no sense of right. Considering that he also copied the text of an article, it proves that his plagiarism is blatant and deliberate.

And he uses other peoples work to claim he's an expert? And sadly, doesn't even know what some of the scripts he steals even do - some of those are really just basic SQL Server.
Pathetic thief with no conscience.
I knew he had stolen others but then when I saw Chris and John's posts to his other articles, I am starting to think he hasn't written any of the scripts from any of his articles. And it's been going on for years. What a total POS.

Sue

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 11

Sue_H - Thursday, January 18, 2018 7:01 AM
Jeff Moden - Thursday, January 18, 2018 6:14 AM
Wow... this guy has no sense of right. Considering that he also copied the text of an article, it proves that his plagiarism is blatant and deliberate.
And he uses other peoples work to claim he's an expert? And sadly, doesn't even know what some of the scripts he steals even do - some of those are really just basic SQL Server.
Pathetic thief with no conscience.
I knew he had stolen others but then when I saw Chris and John's posts to his other articles, I am starting to think he hasn't written any of the scripts from any of his articles. And it's been going on for years. What a total POS.
Sue

I've gotten no response from the "abuse" email I sent. I'll wait another day (they're 5 hours ahead of me and might not have seen it yesterday) and then send an email to Steve.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 12

I am removing these scripts from the site. There do appear to be a couple instances of plagiarism, though in others there is very little choice in how to gather the data. In any case, since I don't have time to research them all, I am removing them.

My apologies.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 13

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:36 AM
I am removing these scripts from the site. There do appear to be a couple instances of plagiarism, though in others there is very little choice in how to gather the data. In any case, since I don't have time to research them all, I am removing them.
My apologies.

No need to apologize, Steve. It's just not possible for even great editors like yourself to research every script that people post unless you have a large staff. And, yes, I absolutely agree that there are only so many ways to write something but thank you for understanding that this fellow doesn't appear to be one of those, especially with copying even the introduction text. My hat's off to you, good Sir!

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 14

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:36 AM
I am removing these scripts from the site. There do appear to be a couple instances of plagiarism, though in others there is very little choice in how to gather the data. In any case, since I don't have time to research them all, I am removing them.
My apologies.

Thanks for removing them - appreciate it very much.

No way would you have time to read through all of them - all that matters now is that they are gone. Things like that happen and fortunately not that often up here.

Sue