SQL Server Metrics Pack Update – September 2019
This morning I updated the Index Metrics piece of SQL Server Metrics Pack. This update mainly introduced some new functionality, with a few minor bug fixes. The two big enhancements …
SQL Scripts: Find Queries That Have Missing Index Requests
In a previous article, I went over how SQL Server will recommend an index that it believes will help a query run faster, and I showed how to find missing …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Missing Indexes
One of the really cool things that SQL Server does is keep up with index statistics behind the scenes. It knows how an index has been used, how often it …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Filtered Indexes
Filtered indexes are one of those neat little SQL Server features that a lot of people don’t seem to know about, or if they do they don’t use them very …
Index Basics: Hidden Costs Associated With Indexes
I have a confession. When I was a developer, I didn’t understand indexes in SQL Server. I rarely added them to my tables, and when I did there was not …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Index Usage
This post is part of an ongoing SQL Scripts series, in which I list useful queries that I use in my day to day database administration. If you are interested in code …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Index Fragmentation
This is the first post in an ongoing SQL Scripts series, in which I list useful queries that I use in my day to day database administration. What Is Index Fragmentation? …
Index Basics: Nonclustered Indexes, Part 1
In SQL Server, an index is used to speed the retrieval of data from a table. Indexes are built from one or more columns in the table, and SQL Server uses these Indexes …