September 17, 2019 at 1:32 pm
HI,
i'm trying to workout the impact of dropping an re creating a clustered index on the same key. I understand that if i drop a clustered index the table will be converted to a heap and any none clustered index will be rebuilt to include the RID. if this clustered index is then added again the none clustered indexes will be rebuilt again?
i'm a newbie and i have a little bit of an argument with DEV who do this every upgrade, other than performance issues are there any other implications?
thanks
September 18, 2019 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for posting your issue and hopefully someone will answer soon.
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September 18, 2019 at 2:17 pm
Two questions, what do you mean by upgrade? And why are they dropping and recreating instead of just rebuild?
September 18, 2019 at 2:23 pm
I'll echo ZZartin's questions and ask one more... how big is this clustered index in rows, columns, and GB occupied?
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September 19, 2019 at 9:38 am
What's wrong with a simple ALTER INDEX cl_ix ON schema.table REBUILD ... ? ( as that does not impact the non-clustered indexes )
Keep in mind this will also interfere with ongoing operations on that table !
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September 19, 2019 at 3:50 pm
Run a test, look at blocking with drop and create v rebuild. Add some activity on the table while you do this. If that doesn't help a developer understand, document their choice and be ready if this causes issues.
Is there a good reason from the dev to do this?
September 20, 2019 at 1:50 am
Looks like the OP has left the building.
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