Sunday, August 24, 2008

Updates (fixes) to sp_helpindex2

by kimberly.nospam@nospam.sqlskills.com (admin) via Kimberly L. Tripp on 8/24/2008 1:23:29 PM

I first posted an update to sp_helpindex here. My version of sp_helpindex was solely to expand what sp_helpindex showed and adds 1 or 2 things based on version: for SQL2005+ it adds included columns and for SQL2008 it also adds the filter predicate. So, there were two versions of sp_helpindex2 depending on which verison you're using. A lot of folks like the changes to this sp but, alas, it had a bug (or two :) and in fact, I found a few others when I went back over this as well. So, thanks to Josh (who commented here) and to a private email (thanks Vasco!), I have an updated version of sp_helpindex2:

For SQL Server 2005, here's your new sp_helpindex2 script: sp_helpindex2_2005.zip (2.89 KB)

And, here's a simple test script for 2005:

DROP TABLE tbl1
GO

CREATE TABLE tbl1( c1 int, c2 int, c3 int, c4 int)
GO
CREATE INDEX ix_1 ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2)
CREATE INDEX ix_2 ON tbl1(c1)
CREATE INDEX ix_3 ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2, c3)
CREATE INDEX ix_4 ON tbl1(c1, c3) INCLUDE (c2)
CREATE INDEX ix_5 ON tbl1(c3) INCLUDE (c1, c2, c4)
CREATE INDEX ix_6 ON tbl1(c1, c2) INCLUDE (c3, c4)
go

sp_helpindex2 tbl1
go

index_name	index_description	index_keys	included_columns
ix_1	nonclustered located on fg1	c1	c2
ix_2	nonclustered located on fg1	c1	NULL
ix_3	nonclustered located on fg1	c1	c2, c3
ix_4	nonclustered located on fg1	c1, c3	c2
ix_5	nonclustered located on fg1	c3	c1, c2, c4
ix_6	nonclustered located on fg1	c1, c2	c3, c4

And, here's a simple test script for 2008:

DROP TABLE tbl1
GO

CREATE TABLE tbl1( c1 int, c2 int, c3 int, c4 int)
CREATE INDEX ix_1 ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2)
CREATE INDEX ix_2 ON tbl1(c1)
CREATE INDEX ix_3 ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2, c3)
CREATE INDEX ix_4 ON tbl1(c1, c3) INCLUDE (c2)
CREATE INDEX ix_5 ON tbl1(c3) INCLUDE (c1, c2, c4)
CREATE INDEX ix_6 ON tbl1(c1, c2) INCLUDE (c3, c4)

CREATE INDEX ix_1f ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2)
WHERE c3 IS NOT NULL

CREATE INDEX ix_2f ON tbl1(c1)
WHERE c4 > 2

CREATE INDEX ix_3f ON tbl1(c1) INCLUDE (c2, c3)
WHERE c4 > 2 AND c1 < 50 AND c2 = 12

CREATE INDEX ix_4f ON tbl1(c1, c3) INCLUDE (c2)
WHERE c4 IS NOT NULL AND c1 = 12

CREATE INDEX ix_5f ON tbl1(c3) INCLUDE (c1, c2, c4)
WHERE c1 > 5

CREATE INDEX ix_6f ON tbl1(c1, c2) INCLUDE (c3, c4)
WHERE c4 < 20
go

sp_helpindex2 tbl1
go

index_name	index_description	index_keys	included_columns	filter_definition
ix_1	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2	NULL
ix_1f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2	([c3] IS NOT NULL)
ix_2	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2	NULL
ix_2f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2	([c4]>(2))
ix_3	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2, c3	NULL
ix_3f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1	c2, c3	([c4]>(2) AND [c1]<(50) AND [c2]=(12))
ix_4	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1, c3	c2	NULL
ix_4f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1, c3	c2	([c4] IS NOT NULL AND [c1]=(12))
ix_5	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c3	c1, c2, c4	NULL
ix_5f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c3	c1, c2, c4	([c1]>(5))
ix_6	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1, c2	c3, c4	NULL
ix_6f	nonclustered located on PRIMARY	c1, c2	c3, c4	([c4]<(20))

Have fun!
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