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QUESTION POSED ON: 26 December 2005
Here's the situation: A composite nonclustered index is created with XYZ table with the columns ordered, seqno,del_date to improve the query below:

SELECT * FROM XYZ WHERE del_date BETWEEN @datefrom AND @dateto AND orderid=@orderid AND seqno=@seqno
ORDER BY orderid, seqno,del_date

Now, after implementing the index, the query still responds very slowly. What other steps are needed to resolve the problem?


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EXPERT RESPONSE
Based on this information, you have a few different options that I think should be tested thoroughly in your development and test environment by reviewing the query plans. Here are a few high level thoughts:

  • Evaluate building a clustered index with the same column definition
  • Evaluate building a clustered index based on an identity and separate non-clustered indexes for each column
  • Evaluate building three separate non-clustered indexes for each of the columns


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