Moving Indices To New Filegroup
Mar 26, 2002I have created a new filegroup and would like to move my indices there. Do I need to create a file for each index or can I just specify the filegroup in Enterprise Manager?
Thanks!
Ellen
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Moving Objects From One Filegroup To Another
Apr 25, 2000I have my user defined objects created on the PRIMARY filegroup.
I have a secondary filegroup existing for the database.
How can I move all my user objects to the secondary filegroup from the
primary filegroup.
Info on this is appreciated.
regards
Sush.
Moving ONE Table To A Different Filegroup Using T-SQL
Aug 29, 2002I need to know if it is possible to move ONE table from an existing filegroup to another existing filegroup.
The answer I received to use ALTER database only modifies the file/filegroup name or changes the default filegroup.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Moving Datafile To Different Filegroup
Nov 10, 2005Hi,
In SQL Server 2000 how to move a secondary data file to different filegroup without removing and re-creating the secondary data file.
Thanks in advance.
-S
Moving A Heap To Another Filegroup
Jul 20, 2005I have a big table (heap)... well, not so big, I have a small serverand I want to spread access to it across several new disks dedicatedonly to that table.I known its possible to do that creating a clustered index with "ONfilegroup" option but I want to maintain it as a heap, is there anyway to do this without dropping indexes/references - bulk unload -create table - bulk load - create indexes?.
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Oct 2, 2007Is there anyway to move tables without any indexes to a filegroup?
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May 13, 2008OK, I know this is out there all over and yes I did a search for this topic; however, I am confused about tables with an image data type and with moving text file group to another filegroup.
Here is what I have:
I have a table storing imaged documents and has become very large. I want to move the table to another filegroup. The table is created like this:
USE [PD51_Data]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[SCANNEDDOCUMENTS] Script Date: 05/13/2008 14:52:40 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[SCANNEDDOCUMENTS](
[DocID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[CaseID] [int] NOT NULL,
[DocName] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[Doc] [image] NOT NULL,
[DocLocation] [varchar](255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[DocNotes] [text] COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
[TopicID] [int] NULL,
[ScannedDocumentsCheckSum] [varchar](128) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[DocID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[SCANNEDDOCUMENTS] WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [ISCANNEDDOCUMENTS2] FOREIGN KEY([TopicID])
REFERENCES [dbo].[TOPICS] ([TopicID])
GO
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[SCANNEDDOCUMENTS] CHECK CONSTRAINT [ISCANNEDDOCUMENTS2]
On a test DB, I moved the clustered and nonclustered indexes to a secondary filegroup no problem, but it still shows to be stored in the primary filegroup. I read an article about having to create a new table in the secondary in order to move the images and text file group. Has anyone come across this?
Do I need to drop the clustered index and FK to move to a secondary filegroup?
Or
Do I create a new table into the secondary filegroup and then add the Clustered index and constraints?
SQL Server 2008 :: Moving Into A Specific Filegroup
Jun 3, 2015SQL 2008 R2
I have a partitioned table in which one of the partitions is on the Primary filegroup. I want to move the data off of that Primary filegroup, and and on to a new filegroup named RTFG6.
Scheme and function currently defined as:
CREATE PARTITION SCHEME [PS1_Left_id] AS PARTITION [PF1_Left_id] TO ([RTFG1], [RTFG2], [RTFG3], [RTFG4], [RTFG5], [PRIMARY])
CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION [PF1_Left_id](int) AS RANGE LEFT FOR VALUES (10, 15, 35, 48, 53)
I've tried split and merge, and for whatever reason, always end up with the Primary filegroup holding data.
How do i get it off of Primary completely, and onto RTFG1 to RTFG6?
I don't want to export to a holding table and re-create the table if i can avoid it, due to identity columns and relationships with multiple tables.
Partitioned View Broken After Moving Table To New Filegroup
Jul 20, 2005I am using SQL Server 2000, SP3.I created an updatable partitioned view awhile ago and it has beenrunning smoothly for some time. The partition is on a DATETIME columnand it is partitioned by month. Each month a stored procedure isscheduled that creates the new month's table, and alters the view toinclude it. Again... working like a charm for quite some time.This past weekend I moved some of the first tables onto a new filegroup. I did this through Enterprise Manager, by going into designmode for the table, then going into the properties for the table andchanging the file group there as well as in all of the indexes. Nowthe partitioned view is no longer updatable. It gives the errormessage: "UNION ALL view '<view name>' is not updatable because apartitioning column was not found."I have extracted the DDL for all of the partition tables and comparedthem and they all look the same. I checked and then double-checked theCHECK constraints to make sure that they were all valid and they are.If I remove the tables that I moved to the new file group from theview, then it is once again updatable, but when I put them back in itfails again.Any ideas? If you would like samples of the code then I can send italong, but it's rather large, so I have not included it here.Thanks!Thomas R. Hummel
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May 2, 2008 hi allCan somebody please explain to me what does it mean when someone saids use joint
indices to join tables?thanks in advance
Dynamically Drop Indices
Nov 22, 1999Hi,
I thought I'd post this question again to see if I get a response this time. I am trying to figure out how to write a sp to drop all of a given tables indices. I have looked at the sp_helpindex text and see where the index name, index ID, table ID etc. is determined...no problem there. What I am having difficulty with is the actual DROP INDEX statement 'cause somehow I need to concatenate the table name to the index name and have the statement work...something like DROP INDEX @tablename + '.' + @indexname (which I can't get to work...sorry about my lack of SQL Srvr knowledge!). I was hoping someone might know if this can be done and how to do it.
Any help, even if it is to tell me this can't be done, would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks in Advance....
Kevin A
New Sql Server Application Without Indices?
Nov 22, 1998Recently, I assumed responsibility for a SQL Server 6.5 application( I am an Oracle DBA).
This application is being purchased from a vendor. It is replacing an Oracle application.
I did not make the decision for accepting this vendor's application
Yesterday, I had to call the vendor as I had a question. It turns out that the application
--with about 70 tables -- will not have any indices, only primary keys that will be utilized
through Powerbuilder. There will be no foreign keys as all such constraints are
handled through PB code.
I have dealt with many different applications over the years and under different platforms
but I have never encountered an application where there are no indices. I have seen
application with way too many and even some with too few. Never an application
without any.
Has any one ever worked with, or dealt with, an application with no indicies? Is it
practical to attempt to use native PB code to replace indicies? If yes, was the application
running efficiently? Was everything through table scans? Any advise on how to deal with this vendor?
Right now there are no procedures or function -- just native sql code on the theory everything is faster
and more efficient? May be?
Thanks for any information.
David Spaisman
How Would You Find Out Whether A SQL Query Is Using The Indices You Expect?
May 16, 2004Hello, everyone:
This is testing question from a tesing seb site. Any reply will be appreciated.
ZYT
Size Of SQLServer Databases With Indices
Jul 20, 2005Hello,I am starting to examine using SQLServer instead of Oracle. I wentthrough the SQLServer import utility to copy tables from Oracle intoSQLServer. I then checked the size of the database.I then started to specify indices for the tables. I did not see thedatabase file size grow all that much. I kept on using the shrinkcommand to make sure that wasted space was removed. I even made surethat minimal free space was allowed.I was rather expecting (from experience with Oracle) that there wouldbe a large growth in the database when addind indices. So what did Imiss? Are the indices stored elsewhere and I missed them? DoesSQLServer handle indices differently so they dont' bloat the databasesize?The size of our data in SQLServer is a key factor in whether we movefrom Oracle, so I need to under how indices effect storage size.Thanks for any help.Bart TorbertJoin Bytes!
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Feb 22, 2006Hi,
Apologies if this has been asked before, i've done a search but can't find a definitive answer.
I've created a table in an SQLExpress 2005 db using Server Managment Studio Express.
My intention is to use GUID fields as surrogate PK's. I therefore wanted to add a additional index to prevent duplicate records being added to the table. Not having used SQLServer before could someone confirm or deny that this is the correct way to do this. The PK field [EPISODEID{unique identifier}] is set as a non-clustered index. And i've created a second clustered index using the two fields that create a unique record. I've added a screen shot if that is any help.
Thanks
Chris
SQL Server 2008 :: Identify Which Indices Are Replicated - Transactional Replication
Feb 20, 2015Is there a script to find which non-clustered indices are replicated? I know i can do this easily through GUI , having a script will make my life much easier ....
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Jul 31, 2015We have a database we are replicating to about 8 SQL Express subscribers from a SQL 2012 SP2 publisher. The size of the database grew too large for the 10GB license limit for SQL Express and now replication refuses to replicate any of our deletions on the publisher to reduce the size of the database. I've come up with a few options below.
1) Drop one of the larger table indices on the subscriber database to get below the size restriction. Permit the replication to replicate the deleted records and then rebuild the index. (I'm not sure how important an index is to this table. Is it merely performance related?)
2) "Upsize" SQL Express to SQL Standard on the affected boxes. Allow the deletes to replicate. Backup the database, downgrade to SQL Express and restore the database back to SQL a new SQL express instance. This would involve a lot of work on each box. I'd like to avoid it if possible.
SQL Server Admin 2014 :: Updating Statistics On Specific Indices Script
Aug 8, 2015I'm looking for a quick script that someone has already written to update statistics (not to rebuild or re-organise) on specific indices in specific databases - I guess loop though a table comprising of a list of databases and the indices.
I know Ola has one but I'm not look for something that is that complicated. If I cannot find one I'm going to have to write one myself - I want to try and avoid re-inventing the wheel as tomorrow I have to do this work and it's about 7K plus indices in about 10+ databases.
Transact SQL :: How To Get Moving Total Like Moving Average
Nov 10, 2015I trying to get the moving total (juts as moving average). It always sum up the current record plus previous two records as well and grouped by EmpId.For example, attaching a image of excel calculation.
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Feb 22, 2001hello,
ihave atablelike this -
z uniqueidentifier
a varchar(40)
b varchar(40)
c varchar(40)
d varchar(40)
e varchar(40)
f text
g image
I am asked to split this table into 2 filegroups and move text and images on to one and other stuff on one.
I am new to MS-SQL 7.0.
Can anyone suggest me how to go for it.
Thanking you.
FileGroup
Jun 5, 2006i understand that the filegroup for a table can be specified in the CREATE Table statement. just out of curiosity, is there any way to move a table to a different filegroup, that too, if the table contains data.
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Aug 14, 2006Hi,
There is a table which is about 50GB is size.
I am thinking of placing the database of this table into a separate .ndf on a separate drive on the server.
Is it possible to place this particular table into a searate drive to increase the performance even more?
Basically my question is: is it possible to place tables into separate .ndf files?
Thanks
Filegroup
Aug 6, 2007Hi,
I have created a database with two filegroups called FG_GroupData, FG_GroupHistory.
FG_GroupData is set as default.
FG_GroupData contains two secondary data files i.e. GroupData1.ndf and GroupData2.ndf
I can create a table so that it is stored in FG_GroupHistory. i.e.
CREATE TABLE dbo.OrdersHistory
(
OrderID int NOT NULL,
ProductID int NOT NULL,
CustomerID int NOT NULL,
UnitPrice money NOT NULL,
OrderQty smallint NOT NULL
)
ON FG_GroupHistory
Questions:
1)
How do I add tables to each .ndf file inside a group i.e. FG_GroupData
For example, how do I add a table to GroupData1.ndf and one to GroupData2.ndf ?
2)
I guess there is no need to place the file name i.e. .ndf inside the select query
Thanks
Filegroup
Aug 14, 2007What is the advantage of having two secondary files inside a filegroup.
For example, I can create a table and place it inside a filegroup which obviously will use the secondary files.
Not sure why some DBAs create just one but otherscreate more than one secondar files in a filegroup.
I have read the booksonline but can not figure out the advantages.
Thanks
Filegroup Monitoring
Jun 21, 2002Can anyone show me in SQL7 how to obtain Available Space on a particular filegroup in a database (not the database or datafile).
I am trying to include this in a script to monitor my database which uses Filegroups and I have every other info that I need (from the sysfiles table) except the available space. Thanks in advance!
What Do You Think About This(filegroup & Perfermance)
May 8, 2001hi...
I don't know well this statement...
1. from Transcender
.....
One file for each filegroup is sufficient because creating multiple files for the same filegroup on the same disk does not provide any performance gain
2. from bol
....
Therefore, creating more files per filegroup can help increase performance because a separate thread is used to scan each file in parallel
what is correct ?
thanks !!
Restore To Filegroup
Jul 21, 2000Hi ,
I am restoring a VLDB from a Standby server which has just .mdf and .ldf to my production server which has .mdf and a file group with a single .ndf
file, i want to restore the databse on to the Secondary file(is this possible) i checked the BOl but could not figure out of what command is to be given
Any hhelp will be greatly appreciated..
Thanks in advance
Jane
Filegroup Backup
Jul 21, 2000Is it possible to back up one filegroup independently from the second when tables
in one group have foreign key relationships with tables in the second group?
Remove FileGroup (what's On It?)
Mar 14, 2000I want to remove a filegroup.
ALTER DATABASE MyDBName
REMOVE FILEGROUP MyFileGroupName
It says:
Server: Msg 5042, Level 16, State 7, Line 1
The filegroup 'MyFileGroupName' cannot be removed because it is not empty.
Question: How can I tell what is on this filegroup.
<Forgive me if it is a simple BOL answer, but I'm having trouble finding it>
Removing A Filegroup
Apr 25, 2000Hello,
A few days ago one our database's default filegroup filled up. To solve the problem one of my colleagues created a new filegroup. This didn't solve the problem as no objects were placed on this filegroup and the initial one is still full. The idea was to expand the original filegroup over a new physical disk, not to create a new filegroup on that disk. Unfortunately, this is what happened.
To solve this I want to delete the new filegroup, but when I issue the command 'alter database PvgOmcsOds remove filegroup ternary' I get the message 'Server: Msg 5042, Level 16, State 7, Line 1 The filegroup 'ternary' cannot be removed because it is not empty.' Yet there're no objects placed on this filegroup.
How can I get rid of this filegroup?
Stef
How To Drop A Filegroup
Oct 19, 1999I am managing 120 gb SQL7 database. The 120 GB is in a RAID5 (Hardware RAID). At begining, I think I should create a user defined filegroup besides Primary filegroup, as BOL suggested.
After I read some discussions here, It appears I cannot gain any performance by adding second filegroups. Now I want to drop the filegroup I created. The Question is How?. If I do alter database, move all files from userdefined filegroup, does this mean my userdefined filegroup has gone?
Someone can help me on this!
Thanks a lot.
FileGroup Structures
Apr 14, 1999I have 2 test database identical in size and table structure, only one resides on filegroups and one resides on a single file.
From everything I have heard filegroups are suppose to improve performance. I stop and start the server before each test to clean out
cache. When I run the filegroup test initially the first run averages 20 seconds slower then the database sitting on the single file. However
on consective runs there is a significant improvement in performance with filegroups verses single files. I have
the indexes sitting on a separate filegroup and 2 additional filegroups to spread the tables across. Does any one know what would be causing
the performance to degrade on the initial run of the test. (The test by the way is a stored procedure that runs a select statement against each table).
Any Info Will help Thanks
Barb
Removing Filegroup
Mar 8, 2001Hi all,
I am trying to remove one of the filegroups in the development database to shrink its size down. I started with emptying and removing its files and ran:
dbcc shrinkfile
(pubs_data_1,emptyfile)
go
and it ran fine, with 'DBCC execution completed' message
but when I tried :
alter database pubs
remove file pubs_data_1
go
I got 'pubs_data_1 cannot be removed because it is not empty'.
I even tried to go to each of the tables and delete from them first which didn't work, then drop all tables in that filegroup (I knew which tables are located on that filegroup), that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Is there a way to check what else sits on that filegroup?
Thanks