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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
September 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
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Managing Indexes with SSMS

So far, you’ve seen the commands necessary for index management. In addition to these commands, SSMS provides tools for managing indexes.

To reorganize or rebuild an index using SSMS, in the Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine and then expand that instance. Then expand Databases, expand the database that contains the table with the specified index, and expand Tables. Next, expand the table in which the index belongs and then expand Indexes. Finally, right-click the index to rebuild and then click Rebuild or Reorganize. To rebuild or reorganize all indexes on a table, right-click Indexes and select Rebuild All or Reorganize All.

You can also disable indexes in SSMS. In the ...

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