Update Stats (SQL 2000)

  • I know in SQL Server 2005 / 2008 the sp_updatestats is optimized to perform work only on the statistics that need to be updated, but this doesn't seem to be the case in 2000. I was doing some research online regarding how to figure out which stats need updating and I'm not entirely clear on one thing in particular... If you have a STATS_DATE of NULL, does that always mean you should skip running update stats on an object?

    For instance, if I have a heap table (index ID 0) and there are no specific statistics created on that table, do I ever want to run update stats on it?

    Do I want to go solely by the number of records in the table and the rowmodctr in sysindexes or do I want to go by that AND the STATS_DATE() value?

    Any guidance is appreciated, thanks

    John

  • Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

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    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • I tried to delete this thread because it's in the 2005 forum, the question should really be in the 2000 forum but it doesn't seem to be deleting it properly.

  • Threads once posted can't be deleted. If you post in the wrong forum, either note it in the post and request the mod to move it (via Report), or post a thread in the right forum and edit the old one to have a link to the correct one.

    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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