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Finding missing indexes in SQL Server 2005

There are quite a lot of DMV's which have been introduced along with SQL Server 2005. One such is sys.dm_db_missing_index_details. Using this DMV we can identify what all indexes SQL optimizer is expecing in our tables.

Query: select * from sys.dm_db_missing_index_details
Fields to note: equality_columns, inequality_columns, included_columns, statement

So by querying this DMV and having a look at these 4 columns we can decide on the types of indexes which needs to be created for our tables. Each of this column has a meaning. Either find it yourself :) or drop a line in the comment section.

One important point to keep in mind is the result you see out of running the above DMV is just a 'suggestion' on the way to improve the performance of your query. But its not 100% guaranteed that on creating all these indexes would help.

We cannot access the DMV using accounts which doesn't have permission for 'View Server State'. I would write more on these in upcoming posts.

Hope this helps!

Comments

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Anonymous said…
wat happened to ur blog enteries sir????
Anonymous said…
looks like he got the position from the guy above..
Vadivel said…
lol no i haven't changed my job :) I was busy with something but since 2 weeks back I have started blogging. Sorry for the delay!

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