Find duplicate statistics on index-leading columns, compare freshness and sampling, and generate cautious DROP STATISTICS candidates.
Rebuild All Indexes on a Table in SQL Server: SSMS and T-SQL
To rebuild all indexes on a table, right-click the Indexes folder in SSMS and choose Rebuild All, or run ALTER INDEX ALL with REBUILD. This post checks fragmentation first, rebuilds a demo table and shows what the command does to a disabled index. It also compares REBUILD with REORGANIZE and the options that matter.
SQL SERVER Management Studio – Rebuild All Indexes on Table
SSMS can open a Rebuild All dialog for table indexes. An e-commerce customer discovered this shortcut during my health check.
Index Design Rules: Ten Don’ts and Where They Break
These index design rules came from a client’s list of ten index don’ts, and readers argued with several of them. This post turns the checkable rules into read-only queries on a demo database, and it measures what each rule really costs. The rest are warnings, not laws, and the post says which is which.
Reasons for Slow Performance in SQL Server: The Top Five
The reasons for slow performance in SQL Server fall into five groups: schema design, T-SQL code, indexing, server deployment and hardware. This post tests three of them on a demo database, with logical reads as proof. It also shows a query that checks four deployment settings.
What is the Replacement of DBCC DBREINDEX? – Interview Question of the Week #263
Question: What is the Replacement of DBCC DBREINDEX?
Answer: The answer to this question is very simple.
Here is the syntax:
Dynamics SQL Server Settings: Five Checks for NAV, AX and CRM
Dynamics SQL Server settings decide most of the speed you get from NAV, AX and CRM, because you rarely control the application code. Five read-only checks cover tempdb, autogrowth, MAXDOP, automatic statistics and statistics age. Each one comes with a short query and a clear rule.