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Rows Read

SQL SERVER – Number of Rows Read – Execution Plan

December 25, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Clustered Index, Execution Plan, SQL Index, SSMS

Recently one of the clients sent me images from the execution plan and his question was about the Number of Rows Read in the SQL Server Execution plan.

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DBCC DBREINDEX

SQL SERVER – DBCC DBREINDEX and MAXDOP Not Possible

December 24, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Index, SQL Server DBCC

Yes, you read it right it is not possible to use DBCC DBREINDEX with MAXDOP hint as far as I know. If there is any method to use it.

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Index Level

SQL SERVER – Fill Factor – Instance Level or Index Level

December 23, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Fill Factor, SQL Index

One of the conversations that keep on coming up at what level one should set the fill factor – Instance Level or Index Level.

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delete statement

SQL SERVER – Delete Statement and Index Usage

September 17, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Delete, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The client wanted to know if the index help with the DELETE command as well. The answer is yes, Indexes do help with the DELETE statement.

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Nonclustered Primary Key – SQL in Sixty Seconds #119

September 7, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
Primary Key, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I will describe in detail a bit later on during this blog post. Today we are going to learn that it is possible to have a nonclustered primary key. 

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Index is Disabled

What Happens If the Clustered Index is Disabled? – Interview Question of the Week #291

August 30, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Clustered Index, SQL Error Messages, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: What Happens If the Clustered Index is Disabled?

Answer: If you disable the clustered index, you can’t retrieve data from the table.

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Alter Index

Alter Index Add Column – Workaround – SQL in Sixty Seconds #097

August 8, 2020
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SSMS

However, while modifying it we faced a unique challenge that we can’t actually alter index to add columns. Let us discuss that today.

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