Tag Archives: indexes
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Disabling Indexes
3January 28, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Indexes are probably the number one tool we have to improve performance. That said, there are times when we want …
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DBA Definitions: FILLFACTOR
1November 6, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
It was recently brought to my attention that not everyone knows everything. This was a shock. Everyone is born knowing …
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When should I add an index?
7April 19, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
We all know indexes are good and I’m hoping everyone knows you can have too many indexes. That means we …
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New indexes, hypothetically
1November 2, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
I saw something like this the other day. My first thought was “Hu, never seen that before.” My second thought …
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Too many indexes!
6October 13, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
Indexes are great. They speed up our queries. In fact, without them relational database systems wouldn’t work. Different indexes work …
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Natural vs Artificial Primary Keys
6August 29, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
There has been a long standing debate over the use of a natural primary key vs an artificial one. I …
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To the page and back again
1January 18, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
To the page It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you …
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Using unique constraints
10December 10, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I ran into an interesting problem the other day. Given the title of the post, obviously a unique constraint was …
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Filtered Index restrictions and Kendra Little’s Index Quiz
3July 20, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
A few weeks ago I saw a tweet about Kendra Little’s (b/t) new SQL Server Quizzes. Of course I had …
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Query to compare indexes between two tables
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
We have a set of databases at my office that use the load and swap method of loading data with …
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