Microsoft’s Bradley Ball dives into the inner workings of SQL Server indexing to help developers and DBAs speak the same ...

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

I wanted to get some suggestions for scheduled maintenace on a SQL Server 2000 box that is hosting a relatively small database ( ...

SQL Server 2014 introduces clustered columnstore indexes, which become the primary storage method for the table. These can be updated, but cannot be combined with any other indexes.