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: Find Tables That Do Not Have A Clustered Index
In a previous Index Basics post we went over the importance of having a Clustered Index on your tables, and we learned that SQL Server will automatically create a Clustered …
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 …
Persist And Aggregate Index Stats Across Server Restarts
(This script is part of my SQL Server Metrics Pack project that is now available on GitHub. If you like the code below and find it useful, I encourage you to check …
Using PowerShell To Store sp_BlitzIndex Results In A Table
I really like Brent Ozar’s sp_BlitzIndex procedure. It offers a lot of great insight into the indexes in your databases. If you are not currently using it, you should check it …
Finding Recurring Index Fragmentation Issues
One of the nice things about Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution is that it has the option to log its operations to a table. This gives you ability to do a …
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 …