For IBM® DB2® and SQL Server: Select the Clustered Index check box to create a clustered index. You can have only one clustered index per table. Specify a storage partition or accept the default value. In the Columns table, click New Row to add a column to the index. In the Colu...
Most of you must have come across the pain of adding a not null column with a default value to an existing big table. It takes minutes to add columns. I recently found out that this problem has been resolved in SQL Server 2012. Let’s look into some ways to resolve this in versions ...
the clustering key be narrow because the clustering key is part of the key for every non-clustered index. Also a wide clustering key increases the storage required for the table because there are more pages required for the intermediate level(s) of the index that aren't required for a heap...
There's two situations here, to do with whether your table has a clustered index or not. If it does, remember that nonclustered indexes (your other two indexes) store the index key, and the value of the clustered key. As your new column won't be part of the clustered key (at le...
ClickOKto save this index. ClickClosein theIndexes/Keysdialog box. To create an XML index Right-click T2col1 and chooseSet Primary Key. Note Adding an XML index requires that another column in the table be set as a clustered primary key. ...
You can apply the default value in batches so the table is not locked for any significant period of time (assuming the table has a clustered index). SQL DBA,SQL Server MVP(07, 08, 09) "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear." "Norm", on "Cheers". Also...
If you will consistently insert ascending datetimes, opting to create the clustered index on the primary key column is a suitable decision. SQL query to insert datetime in SQL Server, You will want to use the YYYYMMDD for unambiguous date determination in SQL Server. insert into table1 (approv...
“Unable to enlist in the transaction” with Oracle linked server from MS SQL Server [<Name of Missing Index, sysname,>] in non clustered index [Execute SQL Task] Error: The value type (__ComObject) can only be converted to variables of type Object. [ODBC Driver Manager] Data source ...
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If you encounter bad response times or a deadlock issue when the sync load on the IBM Content Navigator sync database is high over a long period of time, consider using a composite non-clustered index on those table columns that are accessed freq...