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Speeding Up Database Access Part 3 - Fixing Missing Indexes

Learn how to add those indexes you need in part 3 of Matt Perdeck's 8 part series on improving data access. This is based on the book ASP.NET Site Performance Secrets.

Speeding up Data Access Part 1 - Missing Indexes

In the first part of this series, learn how to pinpoint missing indexes in your databases.

Reindex - Reorganize or Rebuild

In the first time you execute this procedure, might take a long time, but not in the next time. Later you can execute this procedure daily.

Indexes, Indexes, Indexes

This article has a description of an index utilization tool that Ron Johnson uses to analyze the effectiveness and use of indexes in a system.

Finding all Columns of an Index

This script helps to find all columns of an index on a table. Include columns covered (include)

SQL Server Index Maintenance Performance Tuning for Large Tables

This article describes a real-world example of performance tuning index maintenance for a large table of approximately 1 billion rows.

Heaps

Understanding Indexes

This article contains an introduction to SQL Server indexes and how they are used in your queries.

Unused Indexes in your databases

This Script allows you to determine the list of unused indexes in your databases.
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