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Stewart "Arturius" Campbell

Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 3:29 AM

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This one really got the grey matter exercising this morning.
Thanks, Hugo

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 5:12 AM

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Too much for me to handle on Monday morning. Nice question.

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Jack Corbett

Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 6:19 AM

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I over thought this one, and knew I was doing it, but still did it anyway. My thinking was that, while you do not have to define a clustered index as unique, SQL Server does add a uniqufier, thus I eliminated non-unique clustered index. See what I mean about over-thinking?

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 6:25 AM

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BrainDonor (8/6/2012)

The detailed disclaimer made me laugh - trying to pre-empt any complaints?

I don't blame him. I've decided I'll have to retain an attorney before I do another QotD. Smile

Thanks, Hugo, for the question. But it was a bit too much for me for a Monday. I don't use non-unique clustered indexes, so I got lost looking for the right answer.

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 6:56 AM

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Thanks for the question Hugo!
I had to research the XML indexes again... not something I use.

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 7:05 AM

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Thanks for the great question hugo. Got the first two, but the last one I was unsure of. Definitely learned something this morning.

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 7:23 AM

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Put me in the group of learners...

Knew the first two. Have never played with either XML or SPATIAL data types as of yet (curious about them, haven't had a problem to solve with them), so my practical experience was missing.

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 7:37 AM

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Good question,

I got it wrong over XML part.

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 7:46 AM

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Jack Corbett (8/6/2012)

I was wondering why, at the time I answered, 45% of respondents didn't think a non-unique clustered index was possible. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, and chalk it up to them all thinking as much as you. Smile

Since the clustered index is referenced by other indexes as the row identifier (since the b-tree is organized by the clustered index and therefore that would be the most efficient reference to use) a uniquifier is necessary on a "non-unique" clustered index. But since that uniquifier is not directly accessible through DML, the clustered index appears to the client as non-unique.

Hugo, I can see why you didn't want the "choose 3" text there -- for many of us it takes a question with 31 possible answers (2^5 -1 since I believe choosing 0 answers is not an option in this system down to a choice of 3 (if you got the non-unique clustered index) or 6 (if you weren't sure of the non-unique clustered index.)

But I for one am glad it was there, as I haven't done much with XML or Spatial data as yet, so I had to guess for the last one. I got it right and learned something today!

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Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 7:52 AM

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Nice. I found this link very helpful...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175049.aspx

Cheers

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