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mw112009

Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 2:00 PM

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Here is what I did

1. Ran the following command

ALTER INDEX ALL ON APPOINTMENTS Rebuild;

2. Ran the following query

select index_id, avg_page_space_used_in_percent,
avg_fragmentation_in_percent
from
sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats( DB_ID('NGDEVL'), OBJECT_ID ('appointments'),NULL, NULL, 'DETAILED' )
WHERE
index_id <> 0

3. The results seems find except for one little problem ( Please see attached index.jpg)

Why is Sql server telling me that the avg_fragmentation_in_percent for index 1 is 75 ?

I thought after doing a rebuild it should say 0 for all indexes ?

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GilaMonster

Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 2:50 PM

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How big is the index in question? How many pages?

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Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 2:55 PM

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You will be surprised. This table does not have more than 100 rows.

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Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 3:03 PM

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Not surprised in the slightest, that's exactly what I expected.

For reasons that have to do with the way the first few pages are allocated, there's virtually no point in rebuilding an index that occupies less than 24 pages. It's generally recommended not to worry about fragmentation for indexes with less than 1000 pages.

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mw112009

Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 3:10 PM

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What would be the command to use to drop a particular index and then recreate it ?
What I mean is I'd like to build the index but not have to worry about the details ( how it was originally defined ).

Is there a general command available ?

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Posted Monday, June 14, 2010 11:35 PM

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Drop/create?
Create index ... with drop existing?
Alter index ... disable/rebuild?

What's the point? What are you trying to achieve?

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Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:20 AM

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mw112009 (6/14/2010)

What I mean is I'd like to build the index but not have to worry about the details

what does it mean ?

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mw112009

Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:01 AM

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OK here is my point.
Lets go to the begining of this thread.

Here is what I did

1. Ran the following command
ALTER INDEX ALL ON APPOINTMENTS Rebuild;

2. Ran the following query

select index_id, avg_page_space_used_in_percent,
avg_fragmentation_in_percent
from
sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats( DB_ID('NGDEVL'), OBJECT_ID ('appointments'),NULL, NULL, 'DETAILED' )
WHERE
index_id <> 0

3. The query says that the fragmentation rate is 75 on index 1 ( I mean even after doing a rebuild why do a I get a fragmentation rate of 75 only on one particular index ? )

4. I also mentioned that the table had less than 100 rows.

5. So then why is SQl server returning wrong information ?

6. How else can we rebuild the indexes so that we get a fragmentation rate of 0 for all indexes. Is there another command out there that I don't know ( besides the Alter Index... Rebuild command )

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Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:27 AM

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mw112009 (6/15/2010)

3. The query says that the fragmentation rate is 75 on index 1 ( I mean even after doing a rebuild why do a I get a fragmentation rate of 75 only on one particular index ? )

Because the index is too small for rebuild to have much if any effect.

4. I also mentioned that the table had less than 100 rows.

And i mentioned that it is not worth worrying about fragmentation for indexes under about 1000 pages

5. So then why is SQl server returning wrong information ?

It's not, it's perfectly correct, the fragmentation of that index is 75%

6. How else can we rebuild the indexes so that we get a fragmentation rate of 0 for all indexes. Is there another command out there that I don't know ( besides the Alter Index... Rebuild command )

There's no guarantee that any index rebuild of any form will leave you with 0% fragmentation. Don't worry about small amounts of fragmentation and don't worry about fragmentation on very small indexes. I'm willing to bet this index is 4 pages in size, well under the size where you should start worrying.

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mw112009

Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:38 AM

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So is there a command out there that I can use to count the size of the index in pages ?
You mentioned the size of the above index may be less than 4 pages ? How do we find that out ?

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