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• Tracking index maintanence information...

  Similar to my post regarding index usage (most/least often), you can use the following code below to get index operational information (exposed via the sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats dynamic management function in Sql 2005). You can include table filters... Posted Oct 15 2007, 11:26 PM by Chad Boyd with | with no comments Filed under: dmv's, indexes, performance tuning

• What indexes are used most often (or least often) on my server?

  A customer this past week was curious how to determine which indexes on their server were being used either very frequently or very infrequently. This type of information can be invaluable when tuning a server on both ends: finding the most frequently... Posted Oct 15 2007, 11:24 PM by Chad Boyd with | with no comments Filed under: dmv's, indexes, performance tuning

• How can I get sysindexes information in Sql 2005?

  A customer asked me today how they could retrieve information similar to that available in the "sysindexes" system table from Sql Server 2000 in Sql Server 2005 using the new catalog views. Though in Sql 2005 there is a dbo.sysindexes and sys... Posted Oct 15 2007, 11:22 PM by Chad Boyd with | with no comments Filed under: dmv's, sysindexes, metadata, indexes