Find Unindexed Foreign Keys (2005)
This script will find foreign keys (on referencing table) that are not indexed in SQL Server 2005.
2011-12-20 (first published: 2007-08-10)
3,761 reads
Michael Smith
Server Up-Time Information
Calculates server uptime in days, hours, and minutes. Also calculates the UTC date (smalldatetime) when the server was started.
2011-11-17 (first published: 2007-08-31)
2,442 reads
Prioritize Missing Index Recommendations (2005)
To report indexes proposed by the database engine that have highest probable user impact. Note that no consideration is given to 'reasonableness' of indexes-- bytes, overall size, total number of indexes on a table, etc. Intended to provide targeted starting point for holistic evaluation of indexes.
2007-08-17
988 reads
Prioritize Missing Index Recommendations 2 (2005)
This is an enhanced version of my previous script: Prioritize Missing Index Recommendations (2005).To aid in evaluation of whether the recommended index is reasonable, I have added :1. counts for key columns and the total columns of the recommended index 2. the length/bytes for both key and all columns Note this is 'per row', not […]
2007-08-17
1,855 reads
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