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CLR and Indexed view

fayilt

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June 5, 2011 at 9:53 am

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I am trying to create a non-clustered index an a CLR-derived column in an indexed view, but it doesn't allow me. Here is the error message:
Cannot create index or statistics 'Ix_IndexedView_One' on view 'vwIndexedViewTest' because cannot verify key column 'idPlusOne' is precise and deterministic. Consider removing column from index or statistics key, marking column persisted in base table if it is computed, or using non-CLR-derived column in key.
Books online says that CLR derived columns can't be part of the clustered index, but doesn't mention non-clustered indexes.
Here is the test script:
The table:
create table [dbo].[IndexedViewTest](
[id] [int] identity(1,1) not null,
[name] [varchar](50) null
constraint PK_id primary key clustered
(
[id] asc
)
)
CLR function:
[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction(IsDeterministic=true,IsPrecise=true, DataAccess=DataAccessKind.None, SystemDataAccess=SystemDataAccessKind.None)]
public static SqlInt32 AddOne(SqlInt32 number)
{
return number + 1;
}
Indexed view:
create view dbo.vwIndexedViewTest
with schemabinding
as
select id, name, dbo.AddOne(1) as idPlusOne
from dbo.IndexedViewTest
go
create unique clustered index Ix_IndexedView on vwIndexedViewTest(id)
Now trying to create an index on the CLR column:
create index Ix_IndexedView_One on vwIndexedViewTest(idPlusOne) --getting an error
You can definitely create indexes on calculated CLR columns as long as they are persisted. As you can see, all settings for the CLR are correct, I don't see why SQL Server wouldn't be able to create an index on that column..

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135307 More actions · Answer 1

Seems to me to be the way to use a clr fn just to actually use one.

Why don't you use a regular tsql derived column ?

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fayilt Right there with Babe Points: 727 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for your reply.

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135307 More actions · Answer 3

It is best to always post your exact question documented with your actual code.

The more actual info we get, the better advise we can give you.

If you would have posted the actual case, my response for sure wouldn't have been the one I replied.