Unique constraints

Retaining historical index usage statistics for SQL Server - Part 3

In this, the third of the four part series on persisting the rowset results from the indexing Dynamic Management Views cached in temporary internal SQL Server structures we will explore what is required to store the missing index-related metadata.

Optimizing Indexes

Table Index Store and Create

Query to save all index metadata

Disabling Indexes

Index Fragmentation for All Databases

Returns Top 25 fragmented indexes complete with full object name and index name.

Don’t Make Dumb Mistakes by Duplicating Indexes

Just today, I was reviewing the indexing of a database used by a third-party application. As part of my review, I ran a script against it that is used to identify duplicate indexes. The script I used was written Paul Nielsen, the author of the SQL Server...

Reindex SQL Tables

This stored procedure will reindex indexes based on the fragmentation lever.

Maximum No. of Indexes

How to create indexes on computed columns in SQL Server

There are certain requirements for creating indexes on computed columns and this tip shows you want needs to be done.