Re: SQL Server Indexes

2002-06-29 Thread Douglas Brown
Never mind...I was not thinking, just delete it. Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Bud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: OT: SQL Server Indexes > Hi all. I've noticed when upsizing an

Re: SQL Server Indexes

2002-06-29 Thread Douglas Brown
Bud, It depends on if the category_id is a field that is searched alot. If that is the case, you might as well leave that index as it will help performance. If not, then deleting it will harm nothing... Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Bud" <[EMAIL P

RE: SQL Server Indexes

2002-06-29 Thread Kwang Suh
Yes. Duplicate indexes are not needed. > -Original Message- > From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:55 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: SQL Server Indexes > > > Hi all. I've noticed when upsizing an Access database, I'll get > duplicate indexes on the p

RE: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-02 Thread Andy Ewings
ge- From: DeVoil, Nick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 February 2001 11:21 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects > But I only want to INDEX one - that's not altering the system (if it's not a clustered index) Philip, Although the system catalogs can be

RE: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-02 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> Although the system catalogs can be referred to in SQL > statements as if they were normal tables, they aren't > necessarily stored or managed in the same way as normal > tables internally by the DBMS. So a command like CREATE > INDEX quite possibly wouldn't work even if it was allowed. Damn, I

RE: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-02 Thread DeVoil, Nick
> But I only want to INDEX one - that's not altering the system (if it's not a clustered index) Philip, Although the system catalogs can be referred to in SQL statements as if they were normal tables, they aren't necessarily stored or managed in the same way as normal tables internally by the DB

RE: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-02 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
> from the BoL: > Note > System tables should not be altered directly by any user. For example, > do not attempt to modify system tables with DELETE, UPDATE, or > INSERT statements, or user-defined triggers. But I only want to INDEX one - that's not altering the system (if it's not a clustered in

Re: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-01 Thread David Cummins
Thanks Paul - at least I know to give up now! I just figured it would be nice to do change control on the database definitions, because obviously things can get nasty if they get out of sync with your production server. Heard anything that might help in that regard? David Cummins Paul Hastings

Re: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-01 Thread Paul Hastings
> Obviously its potentially dangerous - but I don't like the MS policy of taking > your toys away because somebody else wasn't playing nice with them. well these change from version to version & building apps based on them is going to get your butt kicked sooner or later, also some of these cata

Re: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-01 Thread David Cummins
Obviously its potentially dangerous - but I don't like the MS policy of taking your toys away because somebody else wasn't playing nice with them. So as far as you're aware, its not possible? Not even to add triggers etc? David Cummins Paul Hastings wrote: > > > I too have wondered how one can

Re: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-01 Thread Paul Hastings
> I too have wondered how one can alter system tables - what I wanted to do was > add a trigger to the system tables to audit changes to the database structure... > however I was not able to, even though I was using the sa login. monkeying about with your system tables is a disaster waiting to ha

Re: SQL Server Indexes and System Objects

2001-02-01 Thread David Cummins
I too have wondered how one can alter system tables - what I wanted to do was add a trigger to the system tables to audit changes to the database structure... however I was not able to, even though I was using the sa login. David Cummins Philip Arnold - ASP wrote: > > This might be a dumb quest