Rebuilding Stats: Twice or Not At All

Are you rebuilding statistics twice on your tables? Longtime expert, Andy Warren, shows why you might be asking more work of your SQL Server than is required.

Disabling Indexes

Expert SQL Server trainer Andy Warren brings us a new article on a lesser used feature in SQL server 2005: the ability to disable an index.

Check Fragmentation on All Indexes on Database

In this script we create a temporal table and then review all indexes with next conditions.
avg_fragmentation_in_percent > 10 % or avg_page_space_used_in_percent > 90 %

Generate Create All Secondary Indexes For Entire Database

Generate Script to create all secondary indexes for a database. I have included the ability to generate online indexes if possible and the ability to move to another file group.

SQL 2005 IndexDefrag solution

Manual SP to Index Defrag a SQL 2000 database on SQL 2005 that run at spesific times at night

SQL Server Index Checklist

Indexing a SQL Server database in some respects is considered both an art and a science. Since this is the case, what are some considerations when designing indexes for a new database or an existing one in production? Are these the same types of steps or not? Do any best practices really exist when it comes to indexing? Where does indexing fall in the priority list from an application or production support perspective?

Statistics and Indexes

When is it okay to let SQL Server to make a statistic for columns in your queries, and when should you take those statistics and make an index out of them? What I do is to test all of my procs, and if they generate system statistics (_WA_SYS%), then I add an index to the table for the column in the statistic. But is this a good practice?

SQL Server non-clustered indexes for query optimization

Optimize SQL Server non-clustered indexes and queries by considering index fields, compound indexes and SQL Server statistics' impact on non-clustered indexes.

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Using Included Columns in SQL Server 2005

One of the new features found in SQL Server 2005 is the ability to add additional columns, called Included Columns, to a non-clustered index. This article will explain the advantages of using included columns and what impact they will have on your database.