Indexes can be the most critical part of any database. they can drastically improve performance or they can ruin it. Wise management is the key to success.  Read more...

A table does not so much 'have' a clustered index as a table 'is' a clustered index.  Read more...

This SP reports the status of your heap tables. It gives you an overview of fragmentation, ghost record counts and forwarded record counts. Another reason to create a clustered index!  Read more...

This SP reports the status of your heap tables. It gives you an overview of fragmentation, ghost record counts and forwarded record counts. Another reason to create a clustered index!  Read more...

For a book project I am working on, I have started compiling a list of reasons why heaps aren't usually a good choice when designing a database. Now, I didn't say that heaps are always bad, but in most cases, I think they should be avoided so pleae read the list to see why.  Read more...