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sqlbug
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2009-08-20 : 18:32:16
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| I have a table populated with about 6 million records. Now I realize that I should have created another index, but if I try it now - it times out.How can I do it without removing the data from the table?Thanks. |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2009-08-20 : 18:59:07
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If you are doing this from table designer in SSMS, yes you can time out.However, if you do it from a query window it will succeed.CREATE [UNIQUE] [NON][CLUSTERED] INDEX IX_Name ON Table1 (Col1, Col2)
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sqlbug
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2009-08-20 : 19:11:40
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| Great, thanks Peso.For an index not unique, I just needed to omit [UNIQUE]. SQL Server did not like [NON][CLUSTERED], so I removed that from the command as well. and it worked. Now I know(no?) not everything can be done with the visual interface. |
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Index creation fails