Are your index statistics up to date? The SQL Server database engine uses statistics to determine which execution plan to use when a query is compiled. Index statistics are used to help the SQL Server engine determine the cardinality of different column values in a SQL Server table. If you want to give SQL Server a fighting chance at picking an optimal execution plan then you need to make sure you maintain your index statistics.
2011-09-14
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This article shows an automated reorg/rebuild index for remote servers with notifications for the DBA.
2011-09-12
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Lists all the tables in a database that do not contain any LOB columns(text, ntext, image, varchar (max), nvarchar (max), varbinary (max) and xml).
Useful when rebuilding indexes online.
2011-08-30 (first published: 2011-08-25)
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2011-08-08
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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.
2011-08-02
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In the first part of this series, learn how to pinpoint missing indexes in your databases.
2011-07-19
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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.
2011-08-10 (first published: 2011-07-06)
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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.
2012-07-04 (first published: 2011-07-05)
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This script helps to find all columns of an index on a table. Include columns covered (include)
2011-06-17 (first published: 2011-05-31)
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This article describes a real-world example of performance tuning index maintenance for a large table of approximately 1 billion rows.
2011-05-26
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