March 30, 2009 at 8:30 am
hello guys, i am trying to get a list of all my indexes in my databases,
i followed this article http://databases.aspfaq.com/schema-tutorials/schema-how-do-i-list-all-the-indexes-in-a-database.html
and got my list of all indexes, however i am getting some listed as :
_dta_index_DS_distrib_V_8_772718351__K48_K1_3_12
_dta_index_DS_Orders_6_1101611363__K1
_dta_index_DS_Orders_6_1101611363__K1_2
_dta_index_DS_Orders_8_1101611363__K1_2_21
idx_sysarticlecolumns
c1sysarticles
unc1sysarticleupdates
nc3syspublications
and i don't find them in the indexes for the table, are these statistics?
March 30, 2009 at 8:37 am
Hi
How exactly did you retrieve your index list?
Using sp_helpindex or sys.sysindexes?
You will find stats in sys.sysindexes but sp_helpindex returns only indexes.
March 30, 2009 at 9:03 am
I use a modification of sp_helpindex
I found in this site:
March 30, 2009 at 9:24 am
Did you run the Database Tuning Advisor against that system? That looks like artifacts from there. Statistics usually have look something like _WA_SYS_0000003_0425A276.
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March 30, 2009 at 9:41 am
hello, i ran the script in the link I mentioned above:
http://www.mssqltips.com/tipimages/1003_sp_helpindex3.txt
-- Modified sp_helpindex SP to show all indexes for all tables
-- this was modified to handle object owned by dbo and other users
CREATE proc sp_helpindex3
--@objname nvarchar(776)-- the table to check for indexes
as
-- PRELIM
set nocount on
declare @objname nvarchar(776),
@objid int,-- the object id of the table
@indid smallint,-- the index id of an index
@groupid smallint, -- the filegroup id of an index
@indname sysname,
@groupname sysname,
@status int,
@keys nvarchar(2126),--Length (16*max_identifierLength)+(15*2)+(16*3)
@dbnamesysname,
@usrname sysname
-- Check to see that the object names are local to the current database.
select @dbname = parsename(@objname,3)
if @dbname is not null and @dbname <> db_name()
begin
raiserror(15250,-1,-1)
return (1)
end
-- create temp table
create table #spindtab
(
usr_namesysname,
table_namesysname,
index_namesysnamecollate database_default,
statsint,
groupnamesysname collate database_default,
index_keysnvarchar(2126)collate database_default -- see @keys above for length descr
)
-- OPEN CURSOR OVER TABLES (skip stats: bug shiloh_51196)
declare ms_crs_tab cursor local static for
select sysobjects.id, sysobjects.name, sysusers.name from sysobjects inner join sysusers on sysobjects.uid = sysusers.uid where type = 'U'
open ms_crs_tab
fetch ms_crs_tab into @objid, @objname, @usrname
while @@fetch_status >= 0
begin
-- Check to see the the table exists and initialize @objid.
/*
select @objid = object_id(@objname)
if @objid is NULL
begin
select @dbname=db_name()
raiserror(15009,-1,-1,@objname,@dbname)
return (1)
end
*/
-- OPEN CURSOR OVER INDEXES (skip stats: bug shiloh_51196)
declare ms_crs_ind cursor local static for
select indid, groupid, name, status from sysindexes
where id = @objid and indid > 0 and indid < 255 and (status & 64)=0 order by indid
open ms_crs_ind
fetch ms_crs_ind into @indid, @groupid, @indname, @status
-- IF NO INDEX, QUIT
--if @@fetch_status < 0
--begin
--deallocate ms_crs_ind
--raiserror(15472,-1,-1) --'Object does not have any indexes.'
--return (0)
--end
-- Now check out each index, figure out its type and keys and
--save the info in a temporary table that we'll print out at the end.
while @@fetch_status >= 0
begin
-- First we'll figure out what the keys are.
declare @i int, @thiskey nvarchar(131) -- 128+3
select @keys = index_col(@usrname + '.' + @objname, @indid, 1), @i = 2
if (indexkey_property(@objid, @indid, 1, 'isdescending') = 1)
select @keys = @keys + '(-)'
select @thiskey = index_col(@usrname + '.' + @objname, @indid, @i)
if ((@thiskey is not null) and (indexkey_property(@objid, @indid, @i, 'isdescending') = 1))
select @thiskey = @thiskey + '(-)'
while (@thiskey is not null )
begin
select @keys = @keys + ', ' + @thiskey, @i = @i + 1
select @thiskey = index_col(@usrname + '.' + @objname, @indid, @i)
if ((@thiskey is not null) and (indexkey_property(@objid, @indid, @i, 'isdescending') = 1))
select @thiskey = @thiskey + '(-)'
end
select @groupname = groupname from sysfilegroups where groupid = @groupid
-- INSERT ROW FOR INDEX
insert into #spindtab values (@usrname, @objname, @indname, @status, @groupname, @keys)
-- Next index
fetch ms_crs_ind into @indid, @groupid, @indname, @status
end
deallocate ms_crs_ind
fetch ms_crs_tab into @objid, @objname, @usrname
end
deallocate ms_crs_tab
-- SET UP SOME CONSTANT VALUES FOR OUTPUT QUERY
declare @empty varchar(1) select @empty = ''
declare @des1varchar(35),-- 35 matches spt_values
@des2varchar(35),
@des4varchar(35),
@des32varchar(35),
@des64varchar(35),
@des2048varchar(35),
@des4096varchar(35),
@des8388608varchar(35),
@des16777216varchar(35)
select @des1 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 1
select @des2 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 2
select @des4 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 4
select @des32 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 32
select @des64 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 64
select @des2048 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 2048
select @des4096 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 4096
select @des8388608 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 8388608
select @des16777216 = name from master.dbo.spt_values where type = 'I' and number = 16777216
-- DISPLAY THE RESULTS
select
'usr_name'=usr_name,
'table_name'=table_name,
'index_name' = index_name,
'index_description' = convert(varchar(210), --bits 16 off, 1, 2, 16777216 on, located on group
case when (stats & 16)<>0 then 'clustered' else 'nonclustered' end
+ case when (stats & 1)<>0 then ', '+@des1 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 2)<>0 then ', '+@des2 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 4)<>0 then ', '+@des4 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 64)<>0 then ', '+@des64 else case when (stats & 32)<>0 then ', '+@des32 else @empty end end
+ case when (stats & 2048)<>0 then ', '+@des2048 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 4096)<>0 then ', '+@des4096 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 8388608)<>0 then ', '+@des8388608 else @empty end
+ case when (stats & 16777216)<>0 then ', '+@des16777216 else @empty end
+ ' located on ' + groupname),
'index_keys' = index_keys
from #spindtab
order by table_name, index_name
return (0) -- sp_helpindex
GO
March 30, 2009 at 10:24 am
ok after doing some research i found out my indexes that start with _dta_index are "hypothetical indexes" meaning they are not real indexes only recommendations from the DTA, so should be deleted. am i correct?
what about the other ones ?
i.e:
c1sysarticles
unc1sysarticleupdates
nc3syspublications
uc1syspublications... this is a publisher DB, could that be it? i am making a comparison of all the indexes between my publisher and subscriber DB, so those indexes don't come out in my subscriber DB.
Do i need them? where do those indexes come from?:ermm:
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