How to optimize this query?

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How to optimize this query?

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July 28, 2014 at 7:12 pm

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Hi All,
I have a simple query as below
Select A,B,C from Table1
How to create a good index on that ?
At the moment , the table has 2 indexes :
1.
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_A] ON [dbo].[Table1]
(
A ASC,
B ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
2.
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Table1 ] ADD CONSTRAINT [PK_Table1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[Id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
The execution plan shows :
100% of Clustered iNdex scan
and I modified the nonclusteredindex become :
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Table1] ON [dbo].[Table1]
(
A ASC
)
INCLUDE ( ,[C]) WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
the result in the execution plan becomes :
100% of Index Scan ( using the new nonclustered index that i modified)
My question , is it better in term of performance ? or any idea so it can use INDEX SEEK?
Thanks heaps

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Your query mandates a table/index scan. There is no filter/predicate/where clause on the query so it will return all records from the table. For the query, an index scan is the most efficient means of getting the data for this query.

If you want it to perform a seek, add a where clause to the query.

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WhiteLotus SSChampion Points: 12122 More actions · Answer 2

SQLRNNR (7/28/2014)
Your query mandates a table/index scan. There is no filter/predicate/where clause on the query so it will return all records from the table. For the query, an index scan is the most efficient means of getting the data for this query.
If you want it to perform a seek, add a where clause to the query.

thanks for your response. I Appreciate it !

Do you mean index scan equal with table scan ? so it means even though that table has no index , it will still produce the same performance ?

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murnilim9 (7/28/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/28/2014)
Your query mandates a table/index scan. There is no filter/predicate/where clause on the query so it will return all records from the table. For the query, an index scan is the most efficient means of getting the data for this query.
If you want it to perform a seek, add a where clause to the query.
thanks for your response. I Appreciate it !
Do you mean index scan equal with table scan ? so it means even though that table has no index , it will still produce the same performance ?

Sometimes an Index Scan is the same as a Table Scan. Sometimes one will perform better than the other. In my last post I was really meaning index or table scan when i put index/table. But if you are getting clustered index scan - that is a table scan.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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WhiteLotus SSChampion Points: 12122 More actions · Answer 4

SQLRNNR (7/29/2014)
murnilim9 (7/28/2014)
SQLRNNR (7/28/2014)
Your query mandates a table/index scan. There is no filter/predicate/where clause on the query so it will return all records from the table. For the query, an index scan is the most efficient means of getting the data for this query.
If you want it to perform a seek, add a where clause to the query.
thanks for your response. I Appreciate it !
Do you mean index scan equal with table scan ? so it means even though that table has no index , it will still produce the same performance ?
Sometimes an Index Scan is the same as a Table Scan. Sometimes one will perform better than the other. In my last post I was really meaning index or table scan when i put index/table. But if you are getting clustered index scan - that is a table scan.

thanks !!!

cheers

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

You're welcome.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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