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List all indexes with keys, description and size

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This script combines functionality of sp_helpindex and sp_spaceused to list all tables with individual indexes, their keys and description  (sp_spaceused cannot do that) and size in MB per individual index (sp_helpindex cannot do that either). Feel free to use and modify as you see fit. Hope it can help.

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2007-07-03 (first published: )

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Script all indexes as CREATE INDEX statements

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this script will generate CREATE index statements for all indexes in the database;there are already scripts out there that script constraints for primary keys and unique constraints, which automatically create an index behind the scenes. but what about the other indexes?uncomment two statements in order to filter out primary keys and Unique indexes so you […]

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2006-03-17 (first published: )

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Clustered Indexes in SQL Server: Things You Need to Know

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This article covers a few, more advanced topics about the usage of clustered indexes in SQL Server. Not only will I try to convince you of the absolute necessity of using clustered indexes, I'll also give you some tips on how to use them in a not so obvious context.

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2006-01-04

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Index Information with column name in whole databs

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Through this script we can fetch on regular index information with whole database. Here i am use temporary tebale concept show no procedure so its run quickly and also fetch information from production database in uptime. No sytem generate index information not send me.

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2005-08-09 (first published: )

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Finding All Index Info for Small Databases

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This is a simple script which would list sp_helpindex information for all the tables in the database. You dont have to provide any table name or anything. Just run it on the database from which you want to retrieve the information.This is helpful when you have several servers running the same form of DB, and […]

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2005-08-10 (first published: )

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Indexed Views With Outer Joins

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SQL Server 2000 has indexed views, which can greatly improve database performance. However there are a number of restrictions on building the view, including the restriction against outer joins. So how can this work? New author Jean Charles Bulinckx brings us a technique that can help you get around this restriction.

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2005-05-19

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Script to Move Indexes off of the Primary Filegrou

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This is a stored proc that will move your indexes to two new file groups. A Cindex file group is for the clustered indexes and NCindex file group is for non clustered indexes. The parameters for this procedure are @CPATH - the path to the clustered index datafiles @NCPATH - the path to the nonclustered […]

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2005-04-29 (first published: )

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