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Koen Verbeeck
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Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:41 AM
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WilliamD- (12/7/2010)
Slightly misleading wording. It should read "how many columns can be used in a nonclustered index key". The important part is to make clear that you are talking about the key columns of the index. Using the word "included" can be misinterpreted, especially since SQL 2005 where that is a keyword in indexing.
You are right, but the answers clearly stated that the question was about key columns. Furthermore, even if you did take in account included columns, no answer could have been correct.
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Nice, straight-forward question. Thanks!
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Nice question, and easy to get the "right" answer given the choices available. A small niggle is that the genuinely right answer ("It depends: 16 key columns if the table has no xml indexes, 15 key columns if there are any xml indexes") wasn't an option, but that shouldn't have lead to anyone picking any of the thoroughly wrong options.
(Incidentally, I regard the introduction of XML into SQL in the way it has been done as a horrible mistake, and allowing it to interfere with cluster key column count limit in this was is really stupid.)
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WilliamD- (12/7/2010)
Slightly misleading wording. It should read "how many columns can be used in a nonclustered index key".
Not certain what you mean, the correct answer was clearly "16 key columns".
It was practicly cut and pasted from the BOL.
Nice Question. Simple, but apparently people are learning something from it.
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Another phrasing problem with the question - the maximum size of an index is not 900 bytes. The maximum size of the key columns is 900 bytes. The index row can technically be up to 8000 bytes.
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Thanks for the question!
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GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Another phrasing problem with the question - the maximum size of an index is not 900 bytes. The maximum size of the key columns is 900 bytes. The index row can technically be up to 8000 bytes.
Although what you say is correct, your wording also seems misleading.
The actual limitation is listed in the reference material as:
Index key columns, excluding nonkeys, must follow the existing index size restrictions of 16 key columns maximum, and a
total index key size of 900 bytes.
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SanDroid (12/7/2010)
Although what you say is correct, your wording also seems misleading.
Why?
GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Another phrasing problem with the question - the maximum size of an index is not 900 bytes.
The maximum size of the key columns is 900 bytes.
The index row can technically be up to 8000 bytes.
Index key columns, excluding nonkeys, must follow the existing index size restrictions of 16 key columns maximum, and a
total index key size of 900 bytes.
What's different about what you said and what I said?
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GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
SanDroid (12/7/2010)
Although what you say is correct, your wording also seems misleading.
Why?
GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Another phrasing problem with the question - the maximum size of an index is not 900 bytes.
The maximum size of the key columns is 900 bytes.
The index row can technically be up to 8000 bytes.
Index key columns, excluding nonkeys, must follow the existing index size restrictions of 16 key columns maximum, and a
total index key size of 900 bytes.
What's different about what you said and what I said?
I think he is trying to say the difference between "total index key size of 900 bytes" and "maximum size of the key columns is 900 bytes". I don't know but can the "total key size" ever be larger than the "size of the key columns"? (Like in the case of a uniquefier automatically added to a clustered index?)
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