DBCC DBREINDEX results in INSERT INTO [table1] SELECT * FROM [table1]

  • Someone claimed that the query:

    INSERT INTO [table1] SELECT * FROM [table1]

    was a result of running DBCC DBREINDEX.

    I wasn't able to replicate this when I did a trace on my local machine, but SQL Monitor from Red-Gate shows that query happening for at least some of the tables that are being reindexed via a job.

    This just seems odd to me, can anyone shed some light on this?

    Second question: Is there anyway to examine the actual code inside DBREINDEX to see exactly what commands it may execute?

  • Yup, the guy's right.

    Please note that DBCC IndexRebuild is deprecated, has been so since SQL 2005. Use ALTER INDEX.

    As for examining the code of DBCC Index Rebuild, you'd have to ask Microsoft for access to their source code.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • That was my response that is is depreciated, but I still wanted to understand it.

    So I wonder why my profiler trace isn't showing that activity, maybe a function of table size or something? (Or I am missing some columns)

    Also,why is DBCC doing that? Does it delete data and re-add it what is the purpose of that statement (the insert all rows from table into self)?

  • Maxer (8/25/2014)


    So I wonder why my profiler trace isn't showing that activity, maybe a function of table size or something? (Or I am missing some columns)

    Probably the events your capturing.

    Also,why is DBCC doing that? Does it delete data and re-add it what is the purpose of that statement (the insert all rows from table into self)?

    No deletion. It's creating a new copy of the index.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

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