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The Ultimate Duplicate Index Finder

By Jesse Roberge, 2008/10/17

Total article views: 2161 | Views in the last 30 days: 113

Util_DupeIndexes
By Jesse Roberge - YeshuaAgapao@Yahoo.com
Update - Fixed existance check for drop

Searches database-wide for multiple indexes in the same table which has the same column as the first seek key. Optionally limits to LIKE wildcard patterns of table and schema names.
Uses XML PATH ('') to pivot the column names.

Required Input Parameters:
none

Optional Input Parameters:
@SchemaName sysname='' Filters schemas. Can use LIKE wildcards. All schemas if blank. Accepts LIKE Wildcards.
@TableName sysname='' Filters tables. Can use LIKE wildcards. All tables if blank. Accepts LIKE Wildcards.

Usage:
EXECUTE Util_DupeIndexes 'dbo', 'hr%'

Copyright:
Licensed under the L-GPL - a weak copyleft license - you are permitted to use this as a component of a proprietary database and call this from proprietary software.
Copyleft lets you do anything you want except plagarize, conceal the source, proprietarize modifications, or prohibit copying & re-distribution of this script/proc.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

see <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html> for the license text.

By Jesse Roberge, 2008/10/17

Total article views: 2161 | Views in the last 30 days: 113
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