creating indexes in existing tables

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creating indexes in existing tables

sivark1

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August 12, 2009 at 10:04 pm

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hi experts i have a database exixting 300 tables
now i need to create indexes for the tables to increase performence
pls suggest some good solutions
thanks in advance

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Elliott Whitlow SSC Guru Points: 102402 More actions · Answer 1

Run a trace for an hour or so during the busiest time of the day and feed the traced data to the index tuning wizard and see what it recommends. Other than that do all tables have primary keys? Clustered indexes?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/

Gail Shaw
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sivark1 SSCrazy Points: 2654 More actions · Answer 3

thanks for replying gail

but how can i find which table require indexes and

how to check wether indexes present in the table

for performence tuning

pls reply

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

Did you read those articles?

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass