March 20, 2019

Missing Index Script in SQL Server Database 2016

Performance Tuning is quite interesting and Index plays a vital role in it. A proper index can improve the performance and a bad index can hamper the performance. In this blog post we will discuss about Missing Index. Here is the script from my script bank, which I use to identify missing indexes on any database.

March 6, 2019

Last Used Database in SQL Server

In SQL Server 2005, can you easily determine the last time someone queried a database.

SELECT d.name,
last_user_seek = MAX(last_user_seek),
last_user_scan = MAX(last_user_scan),
last_user_lookup = MAX(last_user_lookup),
last_user_update = MAX(last_user_update)
FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats AS i
JOIN sys.databases AS d ON i.database_id=d.database_id

GROUP BY d.name