Multiple Indexes

Apr 15, 2008

I have a stored procedure that we use to search our inventory.

The sproc is using dynamic sql and executing a parameterized.

It generates the sql string based on all the parameters passed in.

I'm trying to figure out how I should set up the indexes on the table(s) being queried.

There are 12 different fields possible in the where clause and 7 different order by's.

I heard that SQL 2005 might hash together multiple indexes so should I create an index for each of these fields?

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Indexes In Multiple Databases

Nov 1, 2000

Okay this is a test...actually I am still learning SQL and need some help. Does anyone have any information on being able to move indexes from one database to another. My scenario is I have 3 databases, Development, QA and Production. I want to move/copy indexes I created in Development to the QA database. I have many indexes so I do not want to have to recreated them if I can avoid it. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Jan 21, 2008

Hi All

I have a table with indexes as follows

license_detail_prim
clustered, unique located on PRIMARY
component_id, license_id

LICENSE_DTL_IDX_LICENSE_ID
nonclustered located on PRIMARY
license_id

PK__license_dtl__6EB64F9B
nonclustered, unique, primary key located on PRIMARY
component_id, license_id

XIF39license_dtl
nonclustered located on PRIMARY
license_id

from the above, it is evident that multiple indexes have been created on the same columns

What is the side effects of havins such table design.

Thanks

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May 12, 2007

I have come across a problem executing a select with a multi-part where clause that only shows up if there are multiple indexes on the table. The situation using a simplified table is shown below

create table tblTest( utcTimestamp datetime NOT NULL, testType int NOT NULL)go

insert into tblTest (utcTimestamp, testType) VALUES('6/1/2003 0:0:0', 100)go

Now, without adding any indexes to the table, I can execute the following select and it works fine, returning the single row in 2003:

select * from tblTest where utcTimestamp < '1/1/2004 0:0:0' and utcTimestamp > '1/1/2003 0:0:0' and testType = 100go

Furthermore, if I introduce a single descending index on just the utcTimestamp:

CREATE INDEX IX_tblTest_Timestamp ON tblTest (utcTimestamp DESC)go

the search still works.

HOWEVER, if I now introduce another index:

CREATE INDEX IX_tblTest_EntryType_Timestamp ON tblTest ( testType, utcTimestamp DESC)go

the search does **not** return the row.
However, if I change the where clause to remove the test of testType:

select * from tblTest where utcTimestamp < '1/1/2004 0:0:0' and utcTimestamp > '1/1/2003 0:0:0'go

it works.

Also, strangely, if I populate the table with a number of records with different dates and execute the following search:

select * from tblTest where utcTimestamp > '1/1/2004 0:0:0' and testType = 100go

I get records from **earlier** than 1/1/2004 (i.e. like the sense of the compare is wrong)

Finally, as I was writing this report, I discovered that all of these problems go away if the DESC is removed from the indexes - so that's my workaround, but it still looks like a bug.

Thanks
Lionel

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Apr 12, 2007

I hope i'm in the right place, but thanks anyway....

Actually i have 2 questions (regarding sql-server Indices/Keys):

1) I have an index, which is consisted of 4 columns.

I've read elsewhere that this index functions (as well) as an index (single column

index) on the first column of this multi-column index.

Does this mean that if i'd like to have (in addition) Indices on all of the 4 columns

seperately i need to define only 3???

2) I have a unique key consisted of multiple columns.

I'd like to save an index to this combination of columns as well (to speed up

things in DB...).

Does the definition of a multiple-columns key free me from defining the multiple-

columns index???

can anyone explain the main diference between Keys and Indices???

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Apr 16, 2007

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Jan 16, 2013

I work in the healthcare area, and am handling the survey data ETL's. There are around 8 different survey areas and based on information received from them for the visit they reference, I want to pull in more info from our invoicing database. My idea is this:

1.) Pull in the flat file to an ODBC staging table
2.) Cache all invoice records that fall between the MIN(Date of Service) and MAX(Date of Service) from the staging table.
3.) First lookup the information needed on patientID, providerID, date of service, and billing location.
4.) For the surveys that didn't match on those 4 columns, try looking up based on patientID, date of service, and billing location (since I could be 99% sure this would still return the record I need).
5.) For the remaining surveys, lookup based just on patientID and date of service. These records will be flagged for manual review because clearly, if a patient has multiple appointments in the same day, this will be prone to error.

However, in trying to use only 3 of the columns in the lookup, I get the error saying basically that I need to utilize all 4. Is there a way around this, or is there an entirely different way I should be approaching this? The reason I thought cache transform was the answer is because I will need to run a different package for each lookup, as the data and logic between each survey will vary, but the invoice data "pool" will stay the same regardless.

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Jul 1, 2014

I'm working to improve performance on a database I've inherited, and there are several thousand indexes. I've got a list of ones which should definitely exist within the database, and I'm looking to strip out all the others and start fresh, though this list is still quite large (1000 or so).

Is there a way I can remove all the indexes that are not in my list without too much trouble? I.e. without having to manually go through them all individually. The list is currently in a csv file.

I'm looking to either automate the removal of indexes not in the list, or possibly to generate the Create statements for the indexes on the list and simply remove all indexes and then run these statements.

As an aside, when trying to list all indexes in the database, I've found various scripts to do this, but found they all seem to produce differing results. What is the best script to list all indexes?

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Sep 18, 2007

So I'm reading http://www.sql-server-performance.com/tips/clustered_indexes_p2.aspx and I come across this:
When selecting a column to base your clustered index on, try to avoid columns that are frequently updated. Every time that a column used for a clustered index is modified, all of the non-clustered indexes must also be updated, creating additional overhead. [6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005] Updated 3-5-2004
Does this mean if I have say a table called Item with a clustered index on a column in it called itemaddeddate, and several non-clustered indexes associated with that table, that if a record gets modified and it's itemaddeddate value changes, that ALL my indexes on that table will get rebuilt? Or is it referring to the table structure changing?
If so does this "pseudocode" example also cause this to occur:
sqlstring="select * from item where itemid=12345"
rs.open sqlstring, etc, etc, etc
rs.Fields("ItemName")="My New Item Name"
rs.Fields("ItemPrice")=1.00
rs.Update
Note I didn't explicitly change the value of rs.fields("ItemAddedDate")...does rs.Fields("ItemAddedDate")=rs.Fields("ItemAddedDate") occur implicitly, which would force the rebuild of all the non-clustered indexes?

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Jun 25, 2015

I have a requirement to only rebuild the Clustered Indexes in the table ignoring the non clustered indexes as those are taken care of by the Clustered indexes.

In order to do that, I have taken the records based on the fragmentation %.

But unable to come up with a logic to only consider rebuilding the clustered indexes in the table.

create table #fragmentation
(
FragIndexId BigInt Identity(1,1),
--IDENTITY(int, 1, 1) AS FragIndexId,
DBNAME nvarchar(4000),
TableName nvarchar(4000),

[Code] ....

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Jul 31, 2002

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Jul 23, 2001

Does anyone have the idea why the Indexes with _WA.....(like _WA_Sys_au_fname_07020F21) gets created.I don't how this index got created. I did not create this Index.
My Question is does the system creates these indexes or something else does this.
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Jul 27, 2000

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Sep 13, 2000

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I would appreciate if you send me a step by step explanations for the above problems.

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Nov 20, 2000

I have run into a snag on my development server. Queries that are selecting data based on indexed fields in a where clause are using the wrong indexes. They are arbitrarily using the clustered index which isn't in the select at all and causing big performance problems. I can run the same statements on my production server and it runs based on the proper indexes. I used query execution plans to determine that this was infact the case.

I run DBCC Checkdb everynight and it comes back with no errors. I also rebuild the indexes. We also don't receive any other errors inputting or updating data. This sounds like corruption to me but if it's something else I don't want to spend the night restoring from production if there is another reason.

Has anyone encountered this before? Any ideas?

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Jan 10, 2001

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Feb 5, 2000

when executed sp_help tablename, I get lot of statistics and indexes like the following. Can anyone please tell me how it is generated automatically. as far i know statistics are generated only for primary keys. Can you please tell me what is clustered , hypothetical and the indexes starting with _WA supposed to be. Also there are lot of duplicate stats. Is it Ok to deletes those.
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Mar 2, 2001

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Jun 20, 2001

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All suggestions will be appreciated.

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Nov 12, 1998

We have to interduce a new naming convention for the indexes currently available in the user databases.

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Can any body suggest any idea.

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Mar 10, 2006

hi.

there 2 different queries

1
[MYSQL].... where Cat=@CatID and Date=@Date[/MYSQL]

2
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these queries are often used.
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should I use two different indexes?

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or only index 2 is enough ?

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Jul 11, 2006

I need to alphabetize PART of a union all query, and was told that this may be accomplished with an index. I tried joining two views, but it does not work! I have NO experience with indexes and need some help.

Here is my code:

Select id, country from countries where id = 6 union all Select id, country from countries where id <> 6

I want the country with id 6 (USA) to be the default on a drop down list, then all the other countries listed after it in alphabetical order. Can you do this with an index? If so, how do I proceed?

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Q1
The table i have stores max 2000 records. Not sure if i neeed a clustered index for this few records. I guess not.

Q2
For the same table as above. How do you create primary keys if there is not unique records.
Do i create a new column? like newColumnID identity? and create a primary key on this new column? Ok even if i create this newcolumn. I don't think it will improve the retrieving speed cause i'm not selecting this column.

Opinions, ideas?

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Aug 24, 2007

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I've created indexes for the queries below running select getdate() before and after the query to determine the time. I'm curioius as to how sql server determines and decides how and when to use the indexes for the queries and how the run times of these queries compare. I'm also curious to know what kind of difference there would be on the last two queries as the only difference is the values.
For the last two queries I don't think there would be a difference but hoping that someone would know.

Below are my results:

select count(distinct CustomerID)
from Orders
where Status = 5

SELECT getdate()
go
Create Index Orders_Index On Orders(customerID)
go
SELECT getdate()

select sum(TotalDue)
from Orders
where CustomerID = 11212

select getdate()
go
Create Index Orders_Index On Orders(customerID)
go
select getdate()

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select getdate()
go
Create Index Orders_Index On Orders(salespersonID)
go
select getdate()

select count(distinct AccountNumber)
from Orders
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select getdate()
go
Create Index Orders_Index On Orders(salespersonID)
go
select getdate()

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Aren't all indexes created as separate structures from a table?
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Which index type -- clustered or nonclustered -- logically
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