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Check if index exists?

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BigBadBurrow
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-05 : 07:44:09

How do I check if an index exists in SQL Server?

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-05 : 07:50:14

Check for index name in sysindexes table.

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2007-07-05 : 11:12:36

if indexproperty(object_id('MyTableName'),'MyIndexName','IndexID') is not null
	print 'Index Exists'
else
	print 'Index Does not Exist'

CODO ERGO SUM

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