The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can take several seconds; with the ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

At the upcoming Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas developer conference, SQL expert Denny Cherry will share essential indexing ...

SQL Server 2012 includes a lot of new and exciting features. One feature that has caught the imagination of many in the user community is the high-performance feature called Columnstore Indexes.

There's two answers to this question, the short answer and the long answer (which includes a follow-up question). The short answer is yes For the longer answer, let's start with the follow-up question ...

As we update data in the table, SQL Server has to keep each index up to date with the new data. So while many indexes may speed up overall read time, they may slow down updates. The exception to the ...