Introduction to Indexes

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GilaMonster	GilaMonster Posted 8 years ago #808389
SSC Guru Group: General Forum Members Points: 148807 Visits: 45880	Comments posted to this topic are about the item Introduction to Indexes 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 7
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rosh-396756	rosh-396756 Posted 8 years ago #808541
SSC Eights! Group: General Forum Members Points: 864 Visits: 930	Amazing Gail... I have been looking for an article on Indexes as simple and exhaustive as this for long. Looking forward to the next 2 parts. Thanks 5
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omkarred	omkarred Posted 8 years ago #808552
Grasshopper Group: General Forum Members Points: 23 Visits: 5	thanks Gail... waiting for ur next post ... please elaborate on the clustered & non clustered indexes & implementation of it in actual db 8
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GilaMonster	GilaMonster Posted 8 years ago #808560
SSC Guru Group: General Forum Members Points: 148807 Visits: 45880	omkarred (10/26/2009) please elaborate on the clustered & non clustered indexes & implementation of it in actual db That's what parts 2 and 3 cover. 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 8
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Grant Fritchey	Grant Fritchey Posted 8 years ago #808618
SSC Guru Group: General Forum Members Points: 71064 Visits: 32909	Excellent introduction. Nice job Gail. Couldn't ask for better. ---------------------------------------------------- The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood... Theodore Roosevelt The Scary DBA Author of: SQL Server Query Performance Tuning and SQL Server Execution Plans Product Evangelist for Red Gate Software 7
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roger_os	roger_os Posted 8 years ago #808650
SSC-Enthusiastic Group: General Forum Members Points: 147 Visits: 568	Thankyou for this, the best I have read so far, all makes sense, looking forward to the next parts Rog 7
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TheSQLGuru	TheSQLGuru Posted 8 years ago #808652
SSC-Insane Group: General Forum Members Points: 21885 Visits: 8612	Truly a case where pictures are worth thousands of words. Nicely done. Best, Kevin G. Boles SQL Server Consultant SQL MVP 2007-2012 TheSQLGuru on googles mail service 7
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Noel McKinney	Noel McKinney Posted 8 years ago #808662
SSCrazy Group: General Forum Members Points: 2155 Visits: 798	Thanks Gail for mentioning that "When an index scan is done on the clustered index, it’s a table scan in all but name." Many folks think that performance is always better with clustered index scan than a table scan. 6
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Steve Jones	Steve Jones Posted 8 years ago #808674
SSC Guru Group: Administrators Points: 104515 Visits: 19328	Excellent job, Gail! We're publishing part 2 in a couple weeks and part 3 as soon as possible after that. Follow me on Twitter: @way0utwest Forum Etiquette: How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help My Blog: www.voiceofthedba.com 6
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david.stein-1140863	david.stein-1140863 Posted 8 years ago #808745
SSC Rookie Group: General Forum Members Points: 29 Visits: 155	This article is fortuitous for me since I attended a SQL 2008 Development class on Saturday and this topic was covered most of the afternoon. Thanks for the review. :-) 6
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