system_seeks, system_scans and system_lookups

  • How system_seeks, system_scans and system_lookups are different in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats? This will inform me which index is least used and I shall think about removing that.

    -Lk

  • What do you mean? How are they different from what?

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  • luckysql.kinda (2/18/2010)


    How system_seeks, system_scans and system_lookups are different in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats? This will inform me which index is least used and I shall think about removing that.

    -Lk

    Shouldn't you be looking at user seeks, scans, and lookups too?

    It's all detailed in Books Online: (hit F1!)

    sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats

    About the only thing that isn't clear from the documentation is that all KEY lookups are counted against the clustered index.

    Paul

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