The SQL Server does not take into account indexes which exist which are similar to the current indexes, nor does it take indexes which are similar to each other into account within its ...

In the realm of database administration, SQL Server index optimization is a critical task that can significantly improve query performance. However, it's also a complex process that can easily go ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data ...

Microsoft's SQL Server has a handy command that rebuilds all indexes in a table. Oracle users typically rebuild each index in a table individually. Microsoft SQL Server ...

I wanted to get some suggestions for scheduled maintenace on a SQL Server 2000 box that is hosting a relatively small database (<=13GB). I already have a weekly integrity check that reorganizes ...

A lightweight index maintenance stored procedure for Microsoft SQL Server - sql-server-index-maintenance/README.md at main · TechSmith/sql-server-index-maintenance ...