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		<title>Check VLF Counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I stumbled across a database with 87,302 VLF's. Yes, that's right... 87 THOUSAND. Most of our databases have a few dozen VLF's, but this was an old database that had grown to 1.5 TB and had the default autogrowth settings left in tact. How did we discover this? During a routine reboot of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I stumbled across a database with 87,302 VLF's.  Yes, that's right... 87 THOUSAND.  Most of our databases have a few dozen VLF's, but this was an old database that had grown to 1.5 TB and had the default autogrowth settings left in tact.  How did we discover this?  During a routine reboot of the server, this database took 30 minutes to recover, but there were no error messages or status messages in the log.  </p>
<p>Now, this blog post is not about VLF's or why you should keep the number of VLF's to a small, manageable number -- although I hear under 50 is a good rule of thumb.  No, the purpose of this blog post is to share a little script I wrote to check the number of VLF's each database uses:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #stage<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    FileID      <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
  , FileSize    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
  , StartOffset <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
  , FSeqNo      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
  , <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>Status<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
  , Parity      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
  , CreateLSN   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NUMERIC</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">38</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #results<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    Database_Name   sysname
  , VLF_count       <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> 
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">EXEC</span> sp_msforeachdb N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Use ?; 
            Insert Into #stage 
            Exec sp_executeSQL N'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'DBCC LogInfo(?)'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'; 
&nbsp;
            Insert Into #results 
            Select DB_Name(), Count(*) 
            From #stage; 
&nbsp;
            Truncate Table #stage;'</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #results
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> VLF_count <span style="color: #0000FF;">DESC</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #stage;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #results;</pre></div></div>

<p>This script is low-impact and is safe to run on large, production databases during business hours.  However, just be aware that it's using some undocumented commands.  </p>
<p>For more information on VLF's, check out these excellent articles:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/KIMBERLY/post/Transaction-Log-VLFs-too-many-or-too-few.aspx" target="_blank">Transaction Log VLF's - Too Many or Too Few?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.02.logging.aspx#id0060025" target="_blank">Understanding Logging &#038; Recovery</a></li>
</ul>
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		<title>Index Interrogation for SQL Server 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had previously posted an index interrogation script for SQL Server 2005. I've updated that script for 2008; namely, it includes filtered index definitions. For anyone interested: DECLARE @objectID INT = OBJECT_ID&#40;'Sales.SalesOrderHeader'&#41;; &#160; WITH indexCTE&#40;partition_scheme_name , partition_function_name , data_space_id&#41; AS &#40; SELECT sps.name , spf.name , sps.data_space_id FROM sys.partition_schemes AS sps Join sys.partition_functions AS spf [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had previously posted an index interrogation script for SQL Server 2005.  I've updated that script for 2008; namely, it includes filtered index definitions.  For anyone interested:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Sales.SalesOrderHeader'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> indexCTE<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>partition_scheme_name
            , partition_function_name
            , data_space_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> sps.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>
        , spf.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>
        , sps.<span style="color: #202020;">data_space_id</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_schemes</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> sps
    Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_functions</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> spf
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> sps.<span style="color: #202020;">function_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> spf.<span style="color: #202020;">function_id</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> st.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'table_name'</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ix.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'index_name'</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
	, <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'clustered'</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'heap'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'nonclustered'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">ignore_dup_key</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', ignore duplicate keys'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">is_unique</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', unique'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">is_primary_key</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', primary key'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">210</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'index_description'</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>   
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'columnName'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">index_columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> sic
            Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> c 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">column_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sic.<span style="color: #202020;">column_id</span> 
                And c.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sic.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> sic.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
                And sic.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
                And is_included_column <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> sic.<span style="color: #202020;">index_column_id</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FOR</span> XML Raw<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;&lt;row columnName=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">', '</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&lt;row columnName=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'indexed_columns'</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">REPLACE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>   
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'columnName'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">index_columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> sic
            Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">columns</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> c 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> c.<span style="color: #202020;">column_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sic.<span style="color: #202020;">column_id</span> 
                And c.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sic.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> sic.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
                And sic.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
                And is_included_column <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> sic.<span style="color: #202020;">index_column_id</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FOR</span> XML Raw<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;&lt;row columnName=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">', '</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&lt;row columnName=&quot;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'&quot;/&gt;'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'included_columns'</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #202020;">filter_definition</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cte.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_scheme_name</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'partition_scheme_name'</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>partition_number<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'partition_count'</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">ROWS</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'row_count'</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">indexes</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ix
Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">partitions</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> sp
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sp.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
    And ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> sp.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> st
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> st.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">LEFT</span> Join indexCTE <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> cte
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">data_space_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> cte.<span style="color: #202020;">data_space_id</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID, ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> st.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ix.<span style="color: #202020;">name</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
	, <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'clustered'</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'heap'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'nonclustered'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">ignore_dup_key</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', ignore duplicate keys'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">is_unique</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', unique'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
		<span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> ix.<span style="color: #202020;">is_primary_key</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">', primary key'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">210</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , ix.<span style="color: #202020;">filter_definition</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cte.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_scheme_name</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cte.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_function_name</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> table_name
    , index_id;</pre></div></div>

<p>You may need to create some indexes to see this in AdventureWorks:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NONCLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INDEX</span> IX_Sales_SalesOrderHeader_filtered_2005
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> Sales.<span style="color: #202020;">SalesOrderHeader</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>AccountNumber<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    Include <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>CustomerID, SalesPersonID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> OrderDate <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'2005-01-01'</span>
        And OrderDate <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'2006-01-01'</span>;</pre></div></div>


<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">table_name           index_name                               object_id   index_id    index_description                   indexed_columns      included_columns               filter_definition                                            partition_scheme_name partition_count row_count
-------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- --------------- --------------------
SalesOrderHeader     PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderID         1010102639  1           clustered, unique, primary key      SalesOrderID                                        NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     AK_SalesOrderHeader_rowguid              1010102639  2           nonclustered, unique                rowguid                                             NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     AK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderNumber     1010102639  3           nonclustered, unique                SalesOrderNumber                                    NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_SalesOrderHeader_CustomerID           1010102639  5           nonclustered                        CustomerID                                          NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_SalesOrderHeader_SalesPersonID        1010102639  6           nonclustered                        SalesPersonID                                       NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_Sales_SalesOrderHeader_filtered_2005  1010102639  13          nonclustered                        AccountNumber        CustomerID, SalesPersonID      ([OrderDate]&gt;='2005-01-01' AND [OrderDate]&lt;'2006-01-01')                           1               1379</pre></div></div>

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		<title>Index Defrag Script, v4.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my blog post, "Index Defrag Script Updates - Beta Testers Needed", I stated "I'll hopefully have the new version online in just a few days." That was dated January 26th. I had every intention of following through with it, too, but something came up: My daughter, Chloe Lynn, was born on February 10th. She's [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my blog post, "<a href="http://sqlfool.com/2010/01/index-defrag-script-updates-beta-testers-needed/" target="_blank">Index Defrag Script Updates - Beta Testers Needed</a>", I stated "I'll hopefully have the new version online in just a few days."  That was dated January 26th.  I had every intention of following through with it, too, but something came up:</p>
<p><img src="http://sqlfool.com/images/Chloe.jpg"></p>
<p>My daughter, Chloe Lynn, was born on February 10th.  She's a happy, healthy baby girl who consumes all of my free time and already has both her parents wrapped around her adorable little finger.  So while I apologize for the delay in posting the latest version, I hope you can understand and forgive me.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Alrighty, back to SQL stuff!  This version of the script has been significantly overhauled from previous versions.  Here's a full synopsis of the changes and enhancements:</p>
<p>- There's now a time limit option so you have more control over how long your defrags run. This time limit is checked *before* a defrag is begun, so it's still possible to have a defrag occur after the time limit is exceeded (i.e. a large index).</p>
<p>- I've added a static table for managing the index defrag scans. This way, you can start and stop the defrag process without the need to rescan. This is especially useful for VLDB's or any environment where you're unable to complete the defrags in one operation.</p>
<p>- Just in case you want to perform a rescan, even if there's still indexes left to defrag from your last rescan, there's a parameter to force it.</p>
<p>- There's now an option to sort by page count, range scan count, or fragmentation level. Range scan count is defaulted, as the indexes that have high amounts of range scans will benefit the most from having a defragged index. You can also specify whether you want to sort by ASC or DESC.</p>
<p>- There's now min and max parameters for page counts. This is useful for a) ignoring indexes with less than 1 extent (as recommended by Microsoft) and b) for scheduling index operations by size. For instance, you may want to defrag your small indexes during business hours but leave your big indexes for evening or weekend hours.</p>
<p>- There's now a parameterized option for sorting in TEMPDB. This may reduce execution time and will prevent unnecessary database file size inflation during defrags. NOTE: Make sure you have enough free space in TEMPDB prior to enabling this option.</p>
<p>- I moved the SQL statement output to display before execution so you can see what's currently executing.</p>
<p>- I've added a debug output of the parameters selected. I've added additional validation to the start of the script, so this will help show you if an invalid value was submitted and overwritten.</p>
<p>- I've added new columns to the log table to show what command is being executed and what error, if any, occurred when trying to execute.</p>
<p>- I've added try/catch logic to handle errors during execution; this way, a single error will not prevent the whole script from terminating.</p>
<p>- The script will now force a rebuild for indexes with allow_page_locks = off.</p>
<p>- For those who use partitioning, you can now exclude the right-most populated partition from the defrag operation. This won't be applicable for all partitioning schemes, but for sliding-window scenarios (one of the most common schemes), it'll reduce contention on the partition that's being actively written to.</p>
<p>- I've fixed a bug where tables with LOB indexes may have more than one record returned from sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats.</p>
<p>- For various reasons, I've removed the option to rebuild stats.  </p>
<p>Also, if you have a previous version of the script installed, this version will rename those tables, since there have been some changes made to them. </p>
<p><strong>FAQ:</strong></p>
<p>I often receive the same questions about this script, so allow me to answer them here:</p>
<p><em>"I keep running the script, but my index is still fragmented.  Why?"</em><br />
This is most likely a very small index.  Here's what <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189858.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft has to say</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>"In general, fragmentation on small indexes is often not controllable. The pages of small indexes are stored on mixed extents. Mixed extents are shared by up to eight objects, so the fragmentation in a small index might not be reduced after reorganizing or rebuilding the index. For more information about mixed extents, see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190969.aspx" target="_blank">Understanding Pages and Extents</a>."  </p></blockquote>
<p><em>"What database should I create it in?" or "Can I create this in the MASTER database?"</em><br />
It's up to you where you create it.  You could technically create it in the MASTER database, but I recommend creating a utility database for your DBA administrative tasks.</p>
<p><em>"Can I run this againt a SharePoint database?"</em><br />
I've never tried personally, but I've been told it runs just fine.</p>
<p><em>"What are the minimum requirements to run this script?" or "Will this run on SQL Server 2000 instances?"</em><br />
You need to be on SQL Server 2005 SP2 or higher.</p>
<p>Without further ado, here's the script:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Scroll down to the see notes, disclaimers, and licensing information */</span>
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<span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @indexDefragLog_rename      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @indexDefragExclusion_rename  <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @indexDefragStatus_rename     <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @indexDefragLog_rename       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog_obsolete_'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONVERT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">112</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @indexDefragExclusion_rename  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion_obsolete_'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONVERT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">112</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , @indexDefragStatus_rename     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragStatus_obsolete_'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONVERT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, <span style="color: #000;">112</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
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<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_RENAME</span> dba_indexDefragLog, @indexDefragLog_rename;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_RENAME</span> dba_indexDefragExclusion, @indexDefragExclusion_rename;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragStatus'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_RENAME</span> dba_indexDefragStatus, @indexDefragStatus_rename;
Go
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      indexDefrag_id    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>,<span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
    , databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , partitionNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>            Not Null
    , fragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>               Not Null
    , page_count        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , dateTimeStart     <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            Not Null
    , dateTimeEnd       <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            Null
    , durationSeconds   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Null
    , sqlStatement      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Null
    , errorMessage      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Null
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragLog_v40
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>indexDefrag_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
    , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , exclusionMask     <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 4=Tuesday, 8=Wednesday, 16=Thursday, 32=Friday, 64=Saturday */</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragExclusion_v40
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , partitionNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>
    , fragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>
    , page_count        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    , range_scan_count  <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
    , schemaName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
    , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
    , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
    , scanDate          <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>        
    , defragDate        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>        Null
    , printStatus       <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #0000FF;">DEFAULT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , exclusionMask     <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #0000FF;">DEFAULT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragStatus_v40
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID, partitionNumber<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragStatus Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECTPROPERTY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'IsProcedure'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Procedure dba_indexDefrag_sp dropped'</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
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&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
      @minFragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, will not defrag if fragmentation less than specified */</span>
    , @rebuildThreshold     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, greater than @rebuildThreshold will result in rebuild instead of reorg */</span>
    , @executeSQL           <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = execute; 0 = print command only */</span>
    , @defragOrderColumn    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">20</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Valid options are: range_scan_count, fragmentation, page_count */</span>
    , @defragSortOrder      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Valid options are: ASC, DESC */</span>
    , @timeLimit            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">720</span> <span style="color: #008080;">/* defaulted to 12 hours */</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Optional time limitation; expressed in minutes */</span>
    , @<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span>             <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify a database name; null will return all */</span>
    , @tableName            <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null  <span style="color: #008080;">-- databaseName.schema.tableName</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify a table name; null will return all */</span>
    , @forceRescan          <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Whether or not to force a rescan of indexes; 1 = force, 0 = use existing scan, if available */</span>
    , @scanMode             <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Options are LIMITED, SAMPLED, and DETAILED */</span>
    , @minPageCount         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> 
        <span style="color: #008080;">/*  MS recommends &gt; 1 extent (8 pages) */</span>
    , @maxPageCount         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* NULL = no limit */</span>
    , @excludeMaxPartition  <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = exclude right-most populated partition; 0 = do not exclude; see notes for caveats */</span>
    , @onlineRebuild        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = online rebuild; 0 = offline rebuild; only in Enterprise */</span>
    , @sortInTempDB         <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = perform sort operation in TempDB; 0 = perform sort operation in the index's database */</span>
    , @maxDopRestriction    <span style="color: #0000FF;">TINYINT</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to restrict the number of processors for the operation; only in Enterprise */</span>
    , @printCommands        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print commands; 0 = do not print commands */</span>
    , @printFragmentation   <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print fragmentation prior to defrag; 
           0 = do not print */</span>
    , @defragDelay          <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* time to wait between defrag commands */</span>
    , @debugMode            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* display some useful comments to help determine if/where issues occur */</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_indexDefrag_sp
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    Defrags one or more indexes for one or more databases
&nbsp;
    Notes:
&nbsp;
    CAUTION: TRANSACTION LOG SIZE SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY WHEN DEFRAGMENTING.
             DO NOT RUN UNATTENDED ON LARGE DATABASES DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
&nbsp;
      @minFragmentation     defaulted to 10%, will not defrag if fragmentation 
                            is less than that
&nbsp;
      @rebuildThreshold     defaulted to 30% as recommended by Microsoft in BOL;
                            greater than 30% will result in rebuild instead
&nbsp;
      @executeSQL           1 = execute the SQL generated by this proc; 
                            0 = print command only
&nbsp;
      @defragOrderColumn    Defines how to prioritize the order of defrags.  Only
                            used if @executeSQL = 1.  
                            Valid options are: 
                            range_scan_count = count of range and table scans on the
                                               index; in general, this is what benefits 
                                               the most from defragmentation
                            fragmentation    = amount of fragmentation in the index;
                                               the higher the number, the worse it is
                            page_count       = number of pages in the index; affects
                                               how long it takes to defrag an index
&nbsp;
      @defragSortOrder      The sort order of the ORDER BY clause.
                            Valid options are ASC (ascending) or DESC (descending).
&nbsp;
      @timeLimit            Optional, limits how much time can be spent performing 
                            index defrags; expressed in minutes.
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The time limit is checked BEFORE an index defrag
                                  is begun, thus a long index defrag can exceed the
                                  time limitation.
&nbsp;
      @database             Optional, specify specific database name to defrag;
                            If not specified, all non-system databases will
                            be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @tableName            Specify if you only want to defrag indexes for a 
                            specific table, format = databaseName.schema.tableName;
                            if not specified, all tables will be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @forceRescan          Whether or not to force a rescan of indexes.  If set
                            to 0, a rescan will not occur until all indexes have
                            been defragged.  This can span multiple executions.
                            1 = force a rescan
                            0 = use previous scan, if there are indexes left to defrag
&nbsp;
      @scanMode             Specifies which scan mode to use to determine
                            fragmentation levels.  Options are:
                            LIMITED - scans the parent level; quickest mode,
                                      recommended for most cases.
                            SAMPLED - samples 1% of all data pages; if less than
                                      10k pages, performs a DETAILED scan.
                            DETAILED - scans all data pages.  Use great care with
                                       this mode, as it can cause performance issues.
&nbsp;
      @minPageCount         Specifies how many pages must exist in an index in order 
                            to be considered for a defrag.  Defaulted to 8 pages, as 
                            Microsoft recommends only defragging indexes with more 
                            than 1 extent (8 pages).  
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The @minPageCount will restrict the indexes that
                            are stored in dba_indexDefragStatus table.
&nbsp;
      @maxPageCount         Specifies the maximum number of pages that can exist in 
                            an index and still be considered for a defrag.  Useful
                            for scheduling small indexes during business hours and
                            large indexes for non-business hours.
&nbsp;
                            NOTE: The @maxPageCount will restrict the indexes that
                            are defragged during the current operation; it will not
                            prevent indexes from being stored in the 
                            dba_indexDefragStatus table.  This way, a single scan
                            can support multiple page count thresholds.
&nbsp;
      @excludeMaxPartition  If an index is partitioned, this option specifies whether
                            to exclude the right-most populated partition.  Typically,
                            this is the partition that is currently being written to in
                            a sliding-window scenario.  Enabling this feature may reduce
                            contention.  This may not be applicable in other types of 
                            partitioning scenarios.  Non-partitioned indexes are 
                            unaffected by this option.
                            1 = exclude right-most populated partition
                            0 = do not exclude
&nbsp;
      @onlineRebuild        1 = online rebuild; 
                            0 = offline rebuild
&nbsp;
      @sortInTempDB         Specifies whether to defrag the index in TEMPDB or in the
                            database the index belongs to.  Enabling this option may
                            result in faster defrags and prevent database file size 
                            inflation.
                            1 = perform sort operation in TempDB
                            0 = perform sort operation in the index's database 
&nbsp;
      @maxDopRestriction    Option to specify a processor limit for index rebuilds
&nbsp;
      @printCommands        1 = print commands to screen; 
                            0 = do not print commands
&nbsp;
      @printFragmentation   1 = print fragmentation to screen;
                            0 = do not print fragmentation
&nbsp;
      @defragDelay          Time to wait between defrag commands; gives the
                            server a little time to catch up 
&nbsp;
      @debugMode            1 = display debug comments; helps with troubleshooting
                            0 = do not display debug comments
&nbsp;
    Called by:  SQL Agent Job or DBA
&nbsp;
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    DISCLAIMER: 
    This code and information are provided &quot;AS IS&quot; without warranty of any kind,
    either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied 
    warranties or merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    LICENSE: 
    This index defrag script is free to download and use for personal, educational, 
    and internal corporate purposes, provided that this header is preserved. 
    Redistribution or sale of this index defrag script, in whole or in part, is 
    prohibited without the author's express written consent.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Date        Initials	Version Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2007-12-18  MFU         1.0     Initial Release
    2008-10-17  MFU         1.1     Added @defragDelay, CIX_temp_indexDefragList
    2008-11-17  MFU         1.2     Added page_count to log table
                                    , added @printFragmentation option
    2009-03-17  MFU         2.0     Provided support for centralized execution
                                    , consolidated Enterprise &amp; Standard versions
                                    , added @debugMode, @maxDopRestriction
                                    , modified LOB and partition logic  
    2009-06-18  MFU         3.0     Fixed bug in LOB logic, added @scanMode option
                                    , added support for stat rebuilds (@rebuildStats)
                                    , support model and msdb defrag
                                    , added columns to the dba_indexDefragLog table
                                    , modified logging to show &quot;in progress&quot; defrags
                                    , added defrag exclusion list (scheduling)
    2009-08-28  MFU         3.1     Fixed read_only bug for database lists
    2010-04-20  MFU         4.0     Added time limit option
                                    , added static table with rescan logic
                                    , added parameters for page count &amp; SORT_IN_TEMPDB
                                    , added try/catch logic and additional debug options
                                    , added options for defrag prioritization
                                    , fixed bug for indexes with allow_page_lock = off
                                    , added option to exclude right-most partition
                                    , removed @rebuildStats option
                                    , refer to http://sqlfool.com for full release notes
*********************************************************************************
    Example of how to call this script:
&nbsp;
        Exec dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp
              @executeSQL           = 1
            , @printCommands        = 1
            , @debugMode            = 1
            , @printFragmentation   = 1
            , @forceRescan          = 1
            , @maxDopRestriction    = 1
            , @minPageCount         = 8
            , @maxPageCount         = Null
            , @minFragmentation     = 1
            , @rebuildThreshold     = 30
            , @defragDelay          = '00:00:05'
            , @defragOrderColumn    = 'page_count'
            , @defragSortOrder      = 'DESC'
            , @excludeMaxPartition  = 1
            , @timeLimit            = Null;
*********************************************************************************/</span>																
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> XACT_Abort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Quoted_Identifier <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Try
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little validation... */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null 
            Or @minFragmentation Not Between <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> And <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10.0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            Or @rebuildThreshold Not Between <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> And <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragDelay Not Like <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            Or @defragOrderColumn Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'fragmentation'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'page_count'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'range_scan_count'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            Or @defragSortOrder Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'ASC'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DESC'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @scanMode Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SAMPLED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DETAILED'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Undusting the cogs and starting up...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare our variables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span>   @objectID                 <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @databaseID               <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @databaseName             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexID                  <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @partitionCount           <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
                , @schemaName               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @objectName               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexName                <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionNumber          <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>
                , @fragmentation            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>
                , @pageCount                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @sqlCommand               <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @rebuildCommand           <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">200</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @dateTimeStart            <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @dateTimeEnd              <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @containsLOB              <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
                , @editionCheck             <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
                , @debugMessage             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @updateSQL                <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionSQL             <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @partitionSQL_Param       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @LOB_SQL                  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @LOB_SQL_Param            <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @indexDefrag_id           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @startDateTime            <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @endDateTime              <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
                , @getIndexSQL              <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @getIndexSQL_Param        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL_Param   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , @allowPageLocks           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
                , @excludeMaxPartitionSQL   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Initialize our variables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startDateTime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @endDateTime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEADD</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MINUTE</span>, @timeLimit, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Create our temporary tables */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , scanStatus        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor 
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">INDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , Name              <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , Internal_Value    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , Character_Value   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #maxPartitionList
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
              databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , maxPartition      <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Beginning validation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Make sure we're not exceeding the number of processors we have available */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #processor
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">XP_MSVER</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ProcessorCount'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Not Null And @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> Internal_Value <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Internal_Value
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check our server version; 1804890536 = Enterprise, 610778273 = Enterprise Evaluation, -2117995310 = Developer */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SERVERPROPERTY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'EditionID'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1804890536</span>, <span style="color: #000;">610778273</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">2117995310</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- supports online rebuilds</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- does not support online rebuilds</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Output the parameters we're working with */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Your selected parameters are... 
            Defrag indexes with fragmentation greater than '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minFragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';
            Rebuild indexes with fragmentation greater than '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want the commands to be executed automatically; 
            You want to defrag indexes in '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragSortOrder <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' order of the '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">UPPER</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@defragOrderColumn<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' value;
            You have'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @timeLimit <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' not specified a time limit;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' specified a time limit of '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@timeLimit <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' minutes;
            '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALL databases'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'The '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' database'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' will be defragged;
            '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @tableName <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ALL tables'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'The '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @tableName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' table'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' will be defragged;
            We'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                And @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WILL NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' WILL'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' be rescanning indexes;
            The scan will be performed in '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' mode;
            You want to limit defrags to indexes with'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @maxPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' more than '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">' between '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@minPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' and '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' pages;
            Indexes will be defragged'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> Or @onlineRebuild <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' OFFLINE;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' ONLINE;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            Indexes will be sorted in'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' the DATABASE'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' TEMPDB;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            Defrag operations will utilize '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> Or @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'system defaults for processors;'</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' processors;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want to print the ALTER INDEX commands; 
            You'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @printFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DO NOT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' want to output fragmentation levels; 
            You want to wait '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' (hh:mm:ss) between defragging indexes;
            You want to run in'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' DEBUG'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' SILENT'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' mode.'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Grabbing a list of our databases...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve the list of databases to investigate */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #databaseList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> database_id
            , name
            , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- not scanned yet for fragmentation</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span>, name<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            And <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008080;">-- exclude system databases</span>
            And <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">STATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- state must be ONLINE</span>
            And is_read_only <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;  <span style="color: #008080;">-- cannot be read_only</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check to see if we have indexes in need of defrag; otherwise, re-scan the database(s) */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> Not Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            Or @forceRescan <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Truncate our list of indexes to prepare for a new scan */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">TRUNCATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list of databases and checking for fragmentation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Loop through our list of databases */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> @databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseID
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'  working on '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'...'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
               <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine which indexes to defrag using our user-defined parameters */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                      databaseID
                    , databaseName
                    , objectID
                    , indexID
                    , partitionNumber
                    , fragmentation
                    , page_count
                    , range_scan_count
                    , scanDate
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
                      ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseID'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseName'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'objectID'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'indexID'</span>
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'partitionNumber'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">avg_fragmentation_in_percent</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'fragmentation'</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SUM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">page_count</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'page_count'</span>
                    , os.<span style="color: #202020;">range_scan_count</span>
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'scanDate'</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_db_index_physical_stats</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableName<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, Null , Null, @scanMode<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ps
                Join sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_db_index_operational_stats</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableName<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, Null , Null<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> os
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span>
                    And ps.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span>
                    and ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span>
                    And ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> os.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> avg_fragmentation_in_percent <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @minFragmentation 
                    And ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- ignore heaps</span>
                    And ps.<span style="color: #202020;">page_count</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> @minPageCount 
                    And ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_level</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- leaf-level nodes only, supports @scanMode</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span> 
                    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>ps.<span style="color: #202020;">database_id</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                    , ps.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span> 
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">index_id</span> 
                    , ps.<span style="color: #202020;">partition_number</span> 
                    , os.<span style="color: #202020;">range_scan_count</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MaxDop <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to exclude right-most populated partition of our partitioned indexes? */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @excludeMaxPartition <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @excludeMaxPartitionSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                        Select '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' As [databaseID]
                            , [object_id]
                            , index_id
                            , Max(partition_number) As [maxPartition]
                        From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.partitions
                        Where partition_number &gt; 1
                            And [rows] &gt; 0
                        Group By object_id
                            , index_id;'</span>;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #maxPartitionList
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @excludeMaxPartitionSQL;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Keep track of which databases have already been scanned */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #databaseList
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* We don't want to defrag the right-most populated partition, so
               delete any records for partitioned indexes where partition = Max(partition) */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @excludeMaxPartition <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">DELETE</span> ids
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ids
                Join #maxPartitionList <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> mpl
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span>
                    And ids.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span>
                    And ids.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span>
                    And ids.<span style="color: #202020;">partitionNumber</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> mpl.<span style="color: #202020;">maxPartition</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our exclusion mask for any index that has a restriction on the days it can be defragged */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> ids
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">exclusionMask</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">exclusionMask</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ids
            Join dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ide
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> ids.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span>
                And ids.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span>
                And ids.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list... there are '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' indexes to defrag!'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
            And page_count Between @minPageCount And IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount, page_count<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Begin our loop for defragging */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
               <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span> 
               <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                           <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> And defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
                        Or <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> And defragDate <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null And printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                     <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                And exclusionMask <span style="color: #808080;">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">POWER</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEPART</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>weekday, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
                And page_count Between @minPageCount And IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxPageCount, page_count<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check to see if we need to exit our loop because of our time limit */</span>        
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@endDateTime, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Our time limit has been exceeded!'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">11</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Picking an index to beat into shape...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the index with the highest priority, based on the values submitted; 
               Look at the exclusion mask to ensure it can be defragged today */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @getIndexSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'
            Select Top 1 
                  @objectID_Out         = objectID
                , @indexID_Out          = indexID
                , @databaseID_Out       = databaseID
                , @databaseName_Out     = databaseName
                , @fragmentation_Out    = fragmentation
                , @partitionNumber_Out  = partitionNumber
                , @pageCount_Out        = page_count
            From dbo.dba_indexDefragStatus
            Where defragDate Is Null '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'And printStatus = 0'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">''</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                And exclusionMask &amp; Power(2, DatePart(weekday, GetDate())-1) = 0
                And page_count Between @p_minPageCount and IsNull(@p_maxPageCount, page_count)
            Order By + '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragOrderColumn <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @defragSortOrder;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @getIndexSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'@objectID_Out        int OutPut
                                     , @indexID_Out         int OutPut
                                     , @databaseID_Out      int OutPut
                                     , @databaseName_Out    nvarchar(128) OutPut
                                     , @fragmentation_Out   int OutPut
                                     , @partitionNumber_Out int OutPut
                                     , @pageCount_Out       int OutPut
                                     , @p_minPageCount      int
                                     , @p_maxPageCount      int'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @getIndexSQL
                , @getIndexSQL_Param
                , @p_minPageCount       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @minPageCount
                , @p_maxPageCount       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @maxPageCount
                , @objectID_Out         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @indexID_Out          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @databaseID_Out       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @databaseName_Out     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @fragmentation_Out    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @fragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @partitionNumber_Out  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                , @pageCount_Out        <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @pageCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Looking up the specifics for our index...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Look up index information */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @updateSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Update ids
                Set schemaName = QuoteName(s.name)
                    , objectName = QuoteName(o.name)
                    , indexName = QuoteName(i.name)
                From dbo.dba_indexDefragStatus As ids
                Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.objects As o
                    On ids.objectID = o.object_id
                Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes As i
                    On o.object_id = i.object_id
                    And ids.indexID = i.index_id
                Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.schemas As s
                    On o.schema_id = s.schema_id
                Where o.object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                    And i.index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                    And i.type &gt; 0
                    And ids.databaseID = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @updateSQL;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab our object names */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @objectName  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> objectName
                , @schemaName   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> schemaName
                , @indexName    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> indexName
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> objectID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                And indexID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                And databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Grabbing the partition count...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the index is partitioned */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @partitionSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select @partitionCount_OUT = Count(*)
                                        From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.partitions
                                        Where object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            And index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';'</span>
                , @partitionSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@partitionCount_OUT int OutPut'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @partitionSQL, @partitionSQL_Param, @partitionCount_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Seeing if there are any LOBs to be handled...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the table contains LOBs */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @LOB_SQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Select @containsLOB_OUT = Count(*)
                                From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.columns With (NoLock) 
                                Where [object_id] = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                   And (system_type_id In (34, 35, 99)
                                            Or max_length = -1);'</span>
                                <span style="color: #008080;">/*  system_type_id --&gt; 34 = image, 35 = text, 99 = ntext
                                    max_length = -1 --&gt; varbinary(max), varchar(max), nvarchar(max), xml */</span>
                    , @LOB_SQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@containsLOB_OUT int OutPut'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @LOB_SQL, @LOB_SQL_Param, @containsLOB_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @containsLOB <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Checking for indexes that do not allow page locks...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if page locks are allowed; for those indexes, we need to always rebuild */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @allowPageLockSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select @allowPageLocks_OUT = Count(*)
                                        From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes
                                        Where object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            And index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                            And Allow_Page_Locks = 0;'</span>
                , @allowPageLockSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@allowPageLocks_OUT int OutPut'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @allowPageLockSQL, @allowPageLockSQL_Param, @allowPageLocks_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Building our SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* If there's not a lot of fragmentation, or if we have a LOB, we should reorganize */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> @rebuildThreshold Or @containsLOB <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> Or @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                And @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Alter Index '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' On '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> 
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' ReOrganize'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* If our index is partitioned, we should always reorganize */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Partition = '</span> 
                                    <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@partitionNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* If the index is heavily fragmented and doesn't contain any partitions or LOB's, 
               or if the index does not allow page locks, rebuild it */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @rebuildThreshold Or @allowPageLocks <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                And IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@containsLOB, <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">!=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> And @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set online rebuild options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @onlineRebuild <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> And @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Rebuild With (Online = On'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Rebuild With (Online = Off'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set sort operation preferences */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @sortInTempDB <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', Sort_In_TempDB = On'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', Sort_In_TempDB = Off'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set processor restriction options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Not Null And @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', MaxDop = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Alter Index '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' On '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span>
                                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @rebuildCommand;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Print an error message if any indexes happen to not meet the criteria above */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> Or @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'We are unable to defrag this index.'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Are we executing the SQL?  If so, do it */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Executing: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @sqlCommand;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Print the commands we're executing if specified to do so */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> Or @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the time for logging purposes */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @dateTimeStart  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Log our actions */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                      databaseID
                    , databaseName
                    , objectID
                    , objectName
                    , indexID
                    , indexName
                    , partitionNumber
                    , fragmentation
                    , page_count
                    , dateTimeStart
                    , sqlStatement
                <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
                      @databaseID
                    , @databaseName
                    , @objectID
                    , @objectName
                    , @indexID
                    , @indexName
                    , @partitionNumber
                    , @fragmentation
                    , @pageCount
                    , @dateTimeStart
                    , @sqlCommand;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SCOPE_IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Wrap our execution attempt in a try/catch and log any errors that occur */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Try
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Execute our defrag! */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @sqlCommand;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our log with our completion time */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @dateTimeEnd
                        , durationSeconds <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SECOND</span>, @dateTimeStart, @dateTimeEnd<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexDefrag_id;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Try
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Catch
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our log with our error message */</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                        , durationSeconds <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                        , errorMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Error_Message<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexDefrag_id;
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                        <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  An error has occurred executing this command! Please review the dba_indexDefragLog table for details.'</span>
                            , <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Catch
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little breather for the server */</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WAITFOR</span> Delay @defragDelay;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> defragDate <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                    , printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID
                  And objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                  And indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                  And partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Looks like we're not executing, just printing the commands */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Printing SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> Or @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@sqlCommand, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'error!'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> printStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID
                  And objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
                  And indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
                  And partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to output our fragmentation results? */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Displaying a summary of our action...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseID
                , databaseName
                , objectID
                , objectName
                , indexID
                , indexName
                , partitionNumber
                , fragmentation
                , page_count
                , range_scan_count
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragStatus</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragDate <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @startDateTime
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> defragDate;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Try
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Catch
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Error_Message<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' (Line Number: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>Error_Line<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> @debugMessage;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Catch;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* When everything is said and done, make sure to get rid of our temp table */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #maxPartitionList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'DONE!  Thank you for taking care of your indexes!  :)'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span></pre></div></div>

<p>You can also download it here: <a href="http://sqlfool.com/scripts/dba_indexDefrag_sp_v40_public.txt" target="_blank">dba_indexDefrag_sp_v40_public.txt</a></p>
<p>I've had this latest version in production on terabyte-size databases running SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Enterprise editions for the last 3 months, where it runs nightly without issue.  I've also had numerous beta testers report success in their environments, too.  But to be safe, make sure to keep an eye on it the first time it runs to ensure you understand the impact on your server.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>Michelle</p>
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		<title>Index Defrag Script Updates &#8211; Beta Testers Needed</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2010/01/index-defrag-script-updates-beta-testers-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Wow! I've received a ton of responses to my request for beta testers. Thank you all! The SQL Community is really amazing. I'll hopefully have the new version online in just a few days. Over the last few months, I've received many great comments and suggestions regarding my Index Defrag Script v3.0. I've just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Update:  </strong>Wow!  I've received a ton of responses to my request for beta testers.  Thank you all!  The SQL Community is really amazing.  I'll hopefully have the new version online in just a few days.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Over the last few months, I've received many great comments and suggestions regarding my Index Defrag Script v3.0.  I've just recently had time to implement most of these suggestions, plus some other things that I thought would be useful.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>Here's some of what you can look forward to shortly:</p>
<ul>
<li>Probably the single most requested feature, the new version of the script allows you to set a time limit for index defrags.</li>
<li>There's now a static table for managing the status of index defrags.  This way, when your time limit is reached, you can pick up where you left off the next day, without the need to rescan indexes.</li>
<li>There's now an option to prioritize defrags by range scan counts, fragmentation level, or page counts.</li>
<li>For those using partitioning, there is now an option to exclude the right-most populated partition from defrags (in theory, the one you're writing to in a sliding-window scenario).</li>
<li>Options such as page count limits and SORT_IN_TEMPDB are now parameterized.</li>
<li>I've enhanced error logging.</li>
<li>... and more!</li>
</ul>
<p>Right now, I'm looking for a few folks who are willing to beta test the script.  If you're interested, please send me an e-mail at <em>michelle </em>at <em>sqlfool </em>dot <em>com</em> with the editions of SQL Server you can test this on (i.e. 2005 Standard, 2008 Enterprise, etc.).  </p>
<p>Thank you!  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Monitoring Process for Performance Counters</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/09/monitoring-process-for-performance-counters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I needed to create a process to monitor performance counters over a short period of time. We were going to implement a change and we wanted to compare performance before and after to see if there was any impact. To do this, I first created a couple of tables. One table is used to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I needed to create a process to monitor performance counters over a short period of time.  We were going to implement a change and we wanted to compare performance before and after to see if there was any impact.  </p>
<p>To do this, I first created a couple of tables.  One table is used to actually store the monitored values.  The second table is used for configuration; you insert only the counters you want to monitor.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Create the table to store our logged perfmon counters */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      capture_id    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>,<span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
    , captureDate   <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLDATETIME</span>       Not Null
    , objectName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , counterName   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , instanceName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
    , <span style="color: #0000FF;">VALUE</span>         <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">6</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>            Not Null
    , valueType     <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>        Not Null
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_dba_perfCounterMonitor
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>capture_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #008080;">/* Create the table that controls which counters we're going to monitor */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitorConfig</span>
<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
      objectName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
    , counterName   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
    , instanceName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;</pre></div></div>

<p>If you leave the instanceName NULL in the config table, it'll monitor all instances.  Now we're going to insert some sample performance counters into the config table.  The counters you're interested in can, and likely will, vary.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Insert some perfmon counters to be monitored */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitorConfig</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Buffer Manager'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Page Life Expectancy'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Locks'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Lock Requests/sec'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Locks'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Lock Waits/sec'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Locks'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Lock Wait Time (ms)'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Buffer Manager'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Page reads/sec'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Buffer Manager'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Page writes/sec'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Buffer Manager'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Buffer cache hit ratio'</span>, Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:Databases'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Transactions/sec'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AdventureWorks'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">UNION</span> All
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SQLServer:General Statistics'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Processes blocked'</span>, Null;</pre></div></div>

<p>Now let's create our proc.  This proc will run for a specified time period and will *average* the counters over that time.  I personally take snapshots every 15 seconds for 4 minutes; I have a scheduled task that runs this every 5 minutes.  It's not perfect, but it gives me a good idea of what's happening on the server.</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor_sp</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
          @samplePeriod    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>      <span style="color: #808080;">=</span>  <span style="color: #000;">240</span>  <span style="color: #008080;">/* how long to sample, in seconds */</span>
        , @sampleRate      <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span>  <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:15'</span>  <span style="color: #008080;">/* how frequently to sample, in seconds */</span>
        , @displayResults  <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>      <span style="color: #808080;">=</span>  <span style="color: #000;">0</span>  <span style="color: #008080;">/* display the results when done */</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_perfCounterMonitor_sp
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    Monitors performance counters.  Uses the dba_perfCounterMonitorConfig
                table to manage which perf counters to monitor.  
&nbsp;
                @samplePeriod - specifies how long the process will try to monitor
                                performance counters; in seconds.
&nbsp;
                @sampleRate - how long inbetween samples; in seconds.
&nbsp;
                The average values over sample period is then logged to the
                dba_perfCounterMonitor table.
&nbsp;
    Notes:      There are 3 basic types of performance counter calculations:
&nbsp;
                Value/Base: these calculations require 2 counters. The value 
                            counter (cntr_type = 537003264) has to be divided 
                            by the base counter (cntr_type = 1073939712).
&nbsp;
                Per Second: these counters are store cumulative values; the
                            value must be compared at 2 different times to
                            calculate the difference (cntr_type = 537003264).
&nbsp;
                Point In Time:  these counters show what the value of the
                                counter is at the current point-in-time 
                                (cntr_type = 65792).  No calculation is 
                                necessary to derive the value.
&nbsp;
    Called by:  DBA
&nbsp;
    Date        User    Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2009-09-04  MFU     Initial Release
*********************************************************************************
    Exec dbo.dba_perfCounterMonitor_sp
          @samplePeriod     = 60
        , @sampleRate       = '00:00:01'
        , @displayResults   = 1;
*********************************************************************************/</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> XACT_Abort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Padding <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Warnings <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ArithAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Concat_Null_Yields_Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Numeric_RoundAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Variables */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @startTime <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
        , @endTime <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
        , @iteration <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startTime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , @iteration <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @samples <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          iteration     <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             Not Null
        , objectName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
        , counterName   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
        , instanceName  <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
        , cntr_value    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           Not Null
        , base_value    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           Null
        , cntr_type     <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>          Not Null
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Try
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Start a new transaction */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TRANSACTION</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab all of our counters */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @samples
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @iteration
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">cntr_value</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> cntr_value <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_os_performance_counters</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> dopc1
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> dopc1.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">objectName</span>
                And dopc1.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">counterName</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' base'</span>
                And dopc1.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">instanceName</span>, dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">cntr_type</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_os_performance_counters</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> dopc
        Join dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitorConfig</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> pcml
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> dopc.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">objectName</span>
                And dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">counterName</span>
                And dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">instanceName</span>, dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* During our sample period, grab our counter values and store the results */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEADD</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SECOND</span>, @samplePeriod, @startTime<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @iteration <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @iteration <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> @samples
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @iteration
                , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">RTRIM</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">cntr_value</span>
                , <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> cntr_value <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_os_performance_counters</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> dopc1
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> dopc1.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">objectName</span>
                    And dopc1.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">counterName</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' base'</span>
                    And dopc1.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">instanceName</span>, dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
                , dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">cntr_type</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_os_performance_counters</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> dopc
            Join dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitorConfig</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> pcml
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> dopc.<span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">objectName</span>
                    And dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">counter_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">counterName</span>
                    And dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>pcml.<span style="color: #202020;">instanceName</span>, dopc.<span style="color: #202020;">instance_name</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Wait for a small delay */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WAITFOR</span> Delay @sampleRate;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab our end time for calculations */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @endTime <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Store the average of our point-in-time counters */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
			  captureDate
			, objectName
			, counterName
			, instanceName
			, <span style="color: #0000FF;">VALUE</span>
			, valueType
		<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startTime
		    , objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName
		    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">AVG</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cntr_value<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
		    , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'value'</span>
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @samples
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> cntr_type <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">65792</span>
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Store the average of the value vs the base for cntr_type = 537003264 */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
			  captureDate
			, objectName
			, counterName
			, instanceName
			, <span style="color: #0000FF;">VALUE</span>
			, valueType
		<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startTime
		    , objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName
		    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">AVG</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cntr_value<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">/</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">AVG</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>base_value, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
		    , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'percent'</span>
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @samples
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> cntr_type <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">537003264</span>
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Compare the first and last values for our cumulative, per-second counters */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor</span> 
        <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
			  captureDate
			, objectName
			, counterName
			, instanceName
			, <span style="color: #0000FF;">VALUE</span>
			, valueType
		<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @startTime
		    , objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName
		    , <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">MAX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cntr_value<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MIN</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>cntr_value<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">/</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SECOND</span>, @startTime, @endTime<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
		    , <span style="color: #FF0000;">'value'</span>
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> @samples
		<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> cntr_type <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">272696576</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> objectName
		    , counterName
		    , instanceName;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Should we display the results of our most recent execution?  */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @displayResults <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> captureDate
                , objectName
                , counterName
                , instanceName
                , <span style="color: #0000FF;">VALUE</span>
                , valueType
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_perfCounterMonitor</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>NoLock<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> captureDate <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@startTime <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLDATETIME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> objectName
                , counterName
                , instanceName;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* If you have an open transaction, commit it */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">@@TRANCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">COMMIT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TRANSACTION</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Try
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Catch
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Whoops, there was an error... rollback! */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">@@TRANCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ROLLBACK</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TRANSACTION</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Return an error message and log it */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_logError_sp</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Catch;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
Go</pre></div></div>

<p>Like I said, it's not perfect, but it gets the job done.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Getting an error about dba_logError_sp?  Take a look at my <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2008/12/error-handling-in-t-sql/" target="_blank">error handling proc</a>.</p>
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		<title>Find Recently Executed Stored Procedures</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/08/find-recently-executed-stored-procedures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we had an issue where replication fell far behind on one of our databases. The replicated database is used for all sorts of reporting, so the immediate need was to identify processes that may have been affected by the incomplete data. Now, there's hundreds of stored procedures that reference the affected database; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This past weekend, we had an issue where replication fell far behind on one of our databases.  The replicated database is used for all sorts of reporting, so the immediate need was to identify processes that may have been affected by the incomplete data.  </p>
<p>Now, there's hundreds of stored procedures that reference the affected database; the trick is finding out which ones are relevant.  To do this, I used the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189741.aspx" target="_blank">sys.dm_exec_query_stats</a> DMV.  This does two things for me.  One, it shows me a list of stored procedures <strong>in cache</strong>, meaning they've been executed relatively recently and are probably relevant to the search.  Secondly, it shows me the last execution time, which in some cases may have been before the issue, meaning I do not need to worry about re-running those processes.  </p>
<p>Here's the query I used:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>dbid<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseName'</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dest.<span style="color: #202020;">objectid</span>, dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>dbid<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'procName'</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">MAX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>deqs.<span style="color: #202020;">last_execution_time</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'last_execution'</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_exec_query_stats</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> deqs
Cross Apply sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_exec_sql_text</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>deqs.<span style="color: #202020;">sql_handle</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> dest
<span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">TEXT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> Like <span style="color: #FF0000;">'%yourTableName%'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- replace</span>
    And dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>dbid<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Not Null  <span style="color: #008080;">-- exclude ad-hocs</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">GROUP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>dbid<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>dest.<span style="color: #202020;">objectid</span>, dest.<span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>dbid<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> databaseName
    , procName
<span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MaxDop <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;</pre></div></div>

<p>This will return results similar to:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">databaseName         procName                       last_execution
-------------------- ------------------------------ -----------------------
AdventureWorks       ufnGetProductListPrice         2009-08-03 09:57:25.390
AdventureWorksDW     DimProductCategoryGet_sp       2009-08-03 09:59:05.820
AdventureWorksDW     DimProductGet_sp               2009-08-03 09:58:38.370</pre></div></div>

<p>I want to stress that this is *not* a list of all referencing objects, but rather a list of recently executed stored procedures that are still in memory.  This list may not be accurate if your cache has recently been flushed or if you've recently rebooted your server.  </p>
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		<title>Index Defrag Script Update</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/07/index-defrag-script-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of people pointed out to me that the stats rebuild feature in my defrag script will only complete for one database. Whoopsies! I've fixed the bug and updated the script in my previous post, so if you're using my defrag script, please update it. Thanks to Derick and SuperCoolMoss for letting me know [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of people pointed out to me that the stats rebuild feature in my defrag script will only complete for one database.  Whoopsies!  I've fixed the bug and updated the script in my <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2009/06/index-defrag-script-v30/" target="_blank">previous post</a>, so if you're using my defrag script, please update it.  Thanks to Derick and SuperCoolMoss for letting me know about the bug.  </p>
<p>I've also received a couple of other requests for feature enhancements.  I'm currently swamped at work and outside of work, but as soon as I get time, I will release the latest version.  Realistically, it'll probably be sometime after summer ends.  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thank you to everyone for their comments and suggestions!</p>
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		<title>Index Defrag Script, v3.0</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/06/index-defrag-script-v30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: This script has been significantly updated. Find the latest version here: Index Defrag Script, v4.0 I've just completed the latest version of my index defrag script! Here's a brief list of the updates: Fixed a bug with the LOB logic. In the previous version, after a LOB was encountered, all subsequent indexes would be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong>  This script has been significantly updated.  Find the latest version here:  <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2010/04/index-defrag-script-v4-0/">Index Defrag Script, v4.0</a></p>
<p>I've just completed the latest version of my index defrag script!  Here's a brief list of the updates:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug with the LOB logic.  In the previous version, after a LOB was encountered, all subsequent indexes would be reorganized.</li>
<li>Added support for stat rebuilds after the index defrag is complete (@rebuildStats)</li>
<li>Added an exclusion list table (dba_indexDefragExclusion) to support index scheduling</li>
<li>Modified logging to show which defrags are "in progress"; added columns to dba_indexDefragLog</li>
<li>Added support for the defrag of the model and msdb databases</li>
<li>Added @scanMode as a configurable parameter</li>
</ul>
<p>So what can this index defrag script do?  Well, for starters, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Schedule it to run with the default settings; it works "right out of the box" with no additional configuration necessary</li>
<li>Run this one script from a centralized database for all databases on a server</li>
<li>Run this script for a specific database or table</li>
<li>Configure custom threshold limits and the point at which a rebuild should be performed (instead of a reorganize)</li>
<li>Defrag individual partitions</li>
<li>Log its actions and the duration of the defrag</li>
<li>Run in "commands only" mode (@executeSQL = 0, @printCommands = 1)</li>
<li>Customize performance parameters such as @maxDopRestriction and @defragDelay to minimize impact on the server</li>
<li>Schedule specific indexes to only be defragged on weekends, or every other day</li>
</ul>
<p>To use this last option, you need to add a record to the dba_indexDefragExclusion table.  I think all of the columns are pretty self-explanatory except the [exclusionMask] column.  The way this works is each day of the week is assigned a value:<br />
1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 4=Tuesday, 8=Wednesday, 16=Thursday, 32=Friday, 64=Saturday</p>
<p>Take a SUM of the values for the days that you want <strong>excluded</strong>.  So if you want an index to only be defragged on weekends, you would add up Monday through Friday (2+4+8+16+32) and use a value of 62 for the exclusionMask column.  For a little more information on how this works, check out my blog post on <a href="http://sqlfool.com/2009/02/bitwise-operations/" target="_blank">Bitwise Operations</a>.</p>
<p>Please note:  if you don't insert any records into the dba_indexDefragExclusion table, by default all indexes will be defragged every run-time if they exceed the specified thresholds.  This is normal behavior and may be perfectly fine in your environment.  However, if the dba_indexDefragExclusion table does not exist, the script will fail.  </p>
<p>I try to document each parameter within the code, so check the comments section in the script for a full list of parameters and what they do.  </p>
<p>Special thanks to everyone who helped beta test this script!  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Without further ado, the script:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #008080;">/* Drop Table Scripts:
Drop Table dbo.dba_indexDefragLog;
Drop Table dbo.dba_indexDefragExclusion;
*/</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> Not Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">tables</span> 
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          indexDefrag_id    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span>,<span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Not Null
        , databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , partitionNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>            Not Null
        , fragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>               Not Null
        , page_count        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , dateTimeStart     <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            Not Null
        , dateTimeEnd       <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>            Null
        , durationSeconds   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Null
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragLog 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>indexDefrag_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragLog Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
        , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>       Not Null
        , exclusionMask     <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>                 Not Null
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 4=Tuesday, 8=Wednesday, 16=Thursday, 32=Friday, 64=Saturday */</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">CONSTRAINT</span> PK_indexDefragExclusion 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRIMARY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">KEY</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'dba_indexDefragExclusion Table Created'</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'One or more tables already exist.  Please drop or rename before proceeding.'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">16</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECTPROPERTY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'IsProcedure'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Procedure dba_indexDefrag_sp dropped'</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
Go
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefrag_sp</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
      @minFragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">5.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, will not defrag if fragmentation less than specified */</span>
    , @rebuildThreshold     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>           <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>  
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* in percent, greater than @rebuildThreshold will result in rebuild instead of reorg */</span>
    , @executeSQL           <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = execute; 0 = print command only */</span>
    , @<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span>             <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify a database name; null will return all */</span>
    , @tableName            <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null  <span style="color: #008080;">-- databaseName.schema.tableName</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to specify a table name; null will return all */</span>
    , @scanMode             <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Options are LIMITED, SAMPLED, and DETAILED */</span>
    , @onlineRebuild        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = online rebuild; 0 = offline rebuild; only in Enterprise */</span>
    , @maxDopRestriction    <span style="color: #0000FF;">TINYINT</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Option to restrict the number of processors for the operation; only in Enterprise */</span>
    , @printCommands        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>     
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print commands; 0 = do not print commands */</span>
    , @printFragmentation   <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* 1 = print fragmentation prior to defrag; 
           0 = do not print */</span>
    , @defragDelay          <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">8</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* time to wait between defrag commands */</span>
    , @debugMode            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* display some useful comments to help determine if/where issues occur */</span>
    , @rebuildStats         <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* option to rebuild stats after completed index defrags */</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_indexDefrag_sp
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford, http://sqlfool.com
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    Defrags all indexes for the current database
&nbsp;
    Notes:
&nbsp;
    CAUTION: TRANSACTION LOG SIZE SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY WHEN DEFRAGMENTING.
&nbsp;
      @minFragmentation     defaulted to 10%, will not defrag if fragmentation 
                            is less than that
&nbsp;
      @rebuildThreshold     defaulted to 30% as recommended by Microsoft in BOL;
                            greater than 30% will result in rebuild instead
&nbsp;
      @executeSQL           1 = execute the SQL generated by this proc; 
                            0 = print command only
&nbsp;
      @database             Optional, specify specific database name to defrag;
                            If not specified, all non-system databases will
                            be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @tableName            Specify if you only want to defrag indexes for a 
                            specific table, format = databaseName.schema.tableName;
                            if not specified, all tables will be defragged.
&nbsp;
      @scanMode             Specifies which scan mode to use to determine
                            fragmentation levels.  Options are:
                            LIMITED - scans the parent level; quickest mode,
                                      recommended for most cases.
                            SAMPLED - samples 1% of all data pages; if less than
                                      10k pages, performs a DETAILED scan.
                            DETAILED - scans all data pages.  Use great care with
                                       this mode, as it can cause performance issues.
&nbsp;
      @onlineRebuild        1 = online rebuild; 
                            0 = offline rebuild
&nbsp;
      @maxDopRestriction    Option to specify a processor limit for index rebuilds
&nbsp;
      @printCommands        1 = print commands to screen; 
                            0 = do not print commands
&nbsp;
      @printFragmentation   1 = print fragmentation to screen;
                            0 = do not print fragmentation
&nbsp;
      @defragDelay          Time to wait between defrag commands; gives the
                            server a little time to catch up 
&nbsp;
      @debugMode            1 = display debug comments; helps with troubleshooting
                            0 = do not display debug comments
&nbsp;
      @rebuildStats         Affects only statistics that need to be rebuilt
                            1 = rebuild stats
                            0 = do not rebuild stats
&nbsp;
    Called by:  SQL Agent Job or DBA
&nbsp;
    Date        Initials	Version Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2007-12-18  MFU         1.0     Initial Release
    2008-10-17  MFU         1.1     Added @defragDelay, CIX_temp_indexDefragList
    2008-11-17  MFU         1.2     Added page_count to log table
                                    , added @printFragmentation option
    2009-03-17  MFU         2.0     Provided support for centralized execution
                                    , consolidated Enterprise &amp; Standard versions
                                    , added @debugMode, @maxDopRestriction
                                    , modified LOB and partition logic  
    2009-06-18  MFU         3.0     Fixed bug in LOB logic, added @scanMode option
                                    , added support for stat rebuilds (@rebuildStats)
                                    , support model and msdb defrag
                                    , added columns to the dba_indexDefragLog table
                                    , modified logging to show &quot;in progress&quot; defrags
                                    , added defrag exclusion list (scheduling)
*********************************************************************************
    Exec dbo.dba_indexDefrag_sp
          @executeSQL           = 0
        , @printCommands        = 1
        , @debugMode            = 1
        , @printFragmentation   = 1;
*********************************************************************************/</span>																
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> XACT_Abort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Padding <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Warnings <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ArithAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Concat_Null_Yields_Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Numeric_RoundAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Quoted_Identifier <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Undusting the cogs and starting up...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare our variables */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span>   @objectID             <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , @databaseID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , @databaseName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @indexID              <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , @partitionCount       <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIGINT</span>
            , @schemaName           <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @objectName           <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @indexName            <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @partitionNumber      <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>
            , @fragmentation        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>
            , @pageCount            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , @sqlCommand           <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @rebuildCommand       <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">200</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @dateTimeStart        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
            , @dateTimeEnd          <span style="color: #0000FF;">DATETIME</span>
            , @containsLOB          <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
            , @editionCheck         <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
            , @debugMessage         <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @updateSQL            <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @partitionSQL         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @partitionSQL_Param   <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @LOB_SQL              <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @LOB_SQL_Param        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @rebuildStatsID       <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
            , @rebuildStatsSQL      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1000</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            , @indexDefrag_id       <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Create our temporary tables */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #indexDefragList
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , objectID          <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , indexID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , partitionNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">SMALLINT</span>
        , fragmentation     <span style="color: #0000FF;">FLOAT</span>
        , page_count        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , defragStatus      <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
        , schemaName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
        , objectName        <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
        , indexName         <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>   Null
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          databaseID        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , databaseName      <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , scanStatus        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
        , statsStatus       <span style="color: #0000FF;">BIT</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor 
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
          <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">INDEX</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span>           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , Name              <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , Internal_Value    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , Character_Value   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
    <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Beginning validation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little validation... */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @minFragmentation Not Between <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> And <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @minFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">10.0</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @rebuildThreshold Not Between <span style="color: #000;">0.00</span> And <span style="color: #000;">100.0</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildThreshold <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">30.0</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @defragDelay Not Like <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @defragDelay <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'00:00:05'</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @scanMode Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'SAMPLED'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'DETAILED'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @scanMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'LIMITED'</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Make sure we're not exceeding the number of processors we have available */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #processor
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">XP_MSVER</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'ProcessorCount'</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Not Null And @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> Internal_Value <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Internal_Value
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #processor;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Check our server version; 1804890536 = Enterprise, 610778273 = Enterprise Evaluation, -2117995310 = Developer */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SERVERPROPERTY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'EditionID'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1804890536</span>, <span style="color: #000;">610778273</span>, <span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">2117995310</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> 
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- supports online rebuilds</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- does not support online rebuilds</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Grabbing a list of our databases...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Retrieve the list of databases to investigate */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #databaseList
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> database_id
        , name
        , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- not scanned yet for fragmentation</span>
        , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- statistics not yet updated</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">databases</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> name <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@<span style="color: #0000FF;">DATABASE</span>, name<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        And <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span>name<span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'master'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'tempdb'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008080;">-- exclude system databases</span>
        And <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">STATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>; <span style="color: #008080;">-- state must be ONLINE</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list of databases and checking for fragmentation...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Loop through our list of databases */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> @databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseID
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'  working on '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'...'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
       <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine which indexes to defrag using our user-defined parameters */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> #indexDefragList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
              database_id <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> databaseID
            , <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">DB_NAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>database_id<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'databaseName'</span>
            , <span style="color: #808080;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> objectID
            , index_id <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> indexID
            , partition_number <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> partitionNumber
            , avg_fragmentation_in_percent <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> fragmentation
            , page_count 
            , <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'defragStatus'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">/* 0 = unprocessed, 1 = processed */</span>
            , Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'schemaName'</span>
            , Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'objectName'</span>
            , Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'indexName'</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> sys.<span style="color: #202020;">dm_db_index_physical_stats</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">OBJECT_ID</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@tableName<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>, Null , Null, @scanMode<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> avg_fragmentation_in_percent <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @minFragmentation 
            And index_id <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- ignore heaps</span>
            And page_count <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">8</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- ignore objects with less than 1 extent</span>
            And index_level <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- leaf-level nodes only, supports @scanMode</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">OPTION</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>MaxDop <span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Keep track of which databases have already been scanned */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #databaseList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> scanStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CLUSTERED</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INDEX</span> CIX_temp_indexDefragList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> #indexDefragList<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>databaseID, objectID, indexID, partitionNumber<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Delete any indexes from our to-do that are also in our exclusion list for today */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DELETE</span> idl
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> idl
    Join dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragExclusion</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> ide
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span> idl.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">databaseID</span>
        And idl.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">objectID</span>
        And idl.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span> <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> ide.<span style="color: #202020;">indexID</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> exclusionMask <span style="color: #808080;">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">POWER</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span>, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEPART</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>weekday, <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">-</span><span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Looping through our list... there'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'s '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' indexes to defrag!'</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Begin our loop for defragging */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">COUNT</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">*</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Picking an index to beat into shape...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the most fragmented index first to defrag */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
              @objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> objectID
            , @indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> indexID
            , @databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseID
            , @databaseName     <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseName
            , @fragmentation    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> fragmentation
            , @partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> partitionNumber
            , @pageCount        <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> page_count
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> defragStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ORDER</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">BY</span> fragmentation <span style="color: #0000FF;">DESC</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Looking up the specifics for our index...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Look up index information */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @updateSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Update idl
            Set schemaName = QuoteName(s.name)
                , objectName = QuoteName(o.name)
                , indexName = QuoteName(i.name)
            From #indexDefragList As idl
            Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.objects As o
                On idl.objectID = o.object_id
            Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes As i
                On o.object_id = i.object_id
            Inner Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.schemas As s
                On o.schema_id = s.schema_id
            Where o.object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                And i.index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                And i.type &gt; 0
                And idl.databaseID = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @updateSQL;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab our object names */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @objectName  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> objectName
            , @schemaName   <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> schemaName
            , @indexName    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> indexName
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> objectID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
            And indexID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
            And databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Grabbing the partition count...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the index is partitioned */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @partitionSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select @partitionCount_OUT = Count(*)
                                    From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.partitions
                                    Where object_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                        And index_id = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@indexID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';'</span>
            , @partitionSQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@partitionCount_OUT int OutPut'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @partitionSQL, @partitionSQL_Param, @partitionCount_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Seeing if there'</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'s any LOBs to be handled...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Determine if the table contains LOBs */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @LOB_SQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">' Select @containsLOB_OUT = Count(*)
                            From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.columns With (NoLock) 
                            Where [object_id] = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@objectID <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'
                                And (system_type_id In (34, 35, 99)
                                        Or max_length = -1);'</span>
                            <span style="color: #008080;">/*  system_type_id --&gt; 34 = image, 35 = text, 99 = ntext
                                max_length = -1 --&gt; varbinary(max), varchar(max), nvarchar(max), xml */</span>
                , @LOB_SQL_Param <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@containsLOB_OUT int OutPut'</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @LOB_SQL, @LOB_SQL_Param, @containsLOB_OUT <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @containsLOB <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Building our SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* If there's not a lot of fragmentation, or if we have a LOB, we should reorganize */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;</span> @rebuildThreshold Or @containsLOB <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> Or @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Alter Index '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' On '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> 
                                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' ReOrganize'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* If our index is partitioned, we should always reorganize */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Partition = '</span> 
                                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@partitionNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">10</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* If the index is heavily fragmented and doesn't contain any partitions or LOB's, rebuild it */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @fragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">&gt;=</span> @rebuildThreshold And IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@containsLOB, <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">!=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> And @partitionCount <span style="color: #808080;">&lt;=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set online rebuild options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @onlineRebuild <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> And @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> 
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Rebuild With (Online = On'</span>;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' Rebuild With (Online = Off'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Set processor restriction options; requires Enterprise Edition */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Not Null And @editionCheck <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">', MaxDop = '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CAST</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@maxDopRestriction <span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">2</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildCommand <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">')'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlCommand <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Alter Index '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @indexName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">' On '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span>
                            <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @schemaName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'.'</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @objectName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @rebuildCommand;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Are we executing the SQL?  If so, do it */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @executeSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Executing SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Grab the time for logging purposes */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @dateTimeStart  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Log our actions */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">INSERT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">INTO</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
            <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>
                  databaseID
                , databaseName
                , objectID
                , objectName
                , indexID
                , indexName
                , partitionNumber
                , fragmentation
                , page_count
                , dateTimeStart
            <span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span>
                  @databaseID
                , @databaseName
                , @objectID
                , @objectName
                , @indexID
                , @indexName
                , @partitionNumber
                , @fragmentation
                , @pageCount
                , @dateTimeStart;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">SCOPE_IDENTITY</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Execute our defrag! */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @sqlCommand;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @dateTimeEnd  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">GETDATE</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our log with our completion time */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_indexDefragLog</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> dateTimeEnd <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @dateTimeEnd
                , durationSeconds <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">DATEDIFF</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SECOND</span>, @dateTimeStart, @dateTimeEnd<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> indexDefrag_id <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexDefrag_id;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Just a little breather for the server */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WAITFOR</span> Delay @defragDelay;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Print if specified to do so */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> N<span style="color: #FF0000;">'Executed: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @sqlCommand;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Looks like we're not executing, just printing the commands */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Printing SQL statements...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printCommands <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> IsNull<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@sqlCommand, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'error!'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Updating our index defrag status...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Update our index defrag list so we know we've finished with that index */</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #indexDefragList
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> defragStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID       <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @databaseID
          And objectID         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @objectID
          And indexID          <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexID
          And partitionNumber  <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @partitionNumber;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to output our fragmentation results? */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @printFragmentation <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'  Displaying fragmentation results...'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> databaseID
            , databaseName
            , objectID
            , objectName
            , indexID
            , indexName
            , fragmentation
            , page_count
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #indexDefragList;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* Do we want to rebuild stats? */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @rebuildStats <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHILE</span> Exists<span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #808080;">*</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> statsStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Build our SQL statement to update stats */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TOP</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> @rebuildStatsSQL <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Use ['</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">']; '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> 
                                            <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Execute sp_updatestats;'</span>
                    , @rebuildStatsID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> databaseID
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">FROM</span> #databaseList
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> statsStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @debugMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Rebuilding Statistics: '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> @rebuildStatsSQL;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@debugMessage, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Execute our stats update! */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @rebuildStatsSQL;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #008080;">/* Keep track of which databases have been updated */</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">UPDATE</span> #databaseList 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> statsStatus <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHERE</span> databaseID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @rebuildStatsID;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #008080;">/* When everything is said and done, make sure to get rid of our temp table */</span>
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #indexDefragList;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #databaseList;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DROP</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">TABLE</span> #processor;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @debugMode <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">1</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'DONE!  Thank you for taking care of your indexes!  :)'</span>, <span style="color: #000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #000;">42</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WITH</span> NoWait;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
Go
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Quoted_Identifier <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span> 
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ANSI_Nulls <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>
Go</pre></div></div>

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		<title>sp_WhoIsActive</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/05/sp_whoisactive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 02:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who attended the webcast I did with Brent Ozar today, "Getting Started With SQL Server Management Studio," here's the link to Adam Machanic's excellent sp_WhoIsActive stored proc: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2009/03/30/who-is-active-v8-40-now-with-delta-power.aspx Thanks for attending!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those who attended the webcast I did with <a href="http://brentozar.com" target="_blank">Brent Ozar</a> today, "Getting Started With SQL Server Management Studio," here's the link to <a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/default.aspx" target="_blank">Adam Machanic's</a> excellent sp_WhoIsActive stored proc:</p>
<p><a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2009/03/30/who-is-active-v8-40-now-with-delta-power.aspx" target="_blank">http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2009/03/30/who-is-active-v8-40-now-with-delta-power.aspx</a></p>
<p>Thanks for attending!  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Page Internals &#8211; Investigation Proc</title>
		<link>http://sqlfool.com/2009/05/page-internals-investigation-proc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Ufford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I like to crawl around in page internals in my free time. It can be very enlightening, or just a good check to make sure that what you think is happening, is actually happening. To help with this process, I've created myself a little stored procedure that I can simply [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As many of you know, I like to crawl around in page internals in my free time.  It can be very enlightening, or just a good check to make sure that what you think is happening, is actually happening.  To help with this process, I've created myself a little stored procedure that I can simply pass a few parameters to and have it return the page data for me.  So for those <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">who don't have anything better to do</span> who are as interested in page internals as I am, here's my proc:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0000FF;">CREATE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">PROCEDURE</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_viewPageData_sp</span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #008080;">/* Declare Parameters */</span>
          @databaseName <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , @tableName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null <span style="color: #008080;">-- database.schema.tableName</span>
        , @indexName    <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">128</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        , @fileNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        , @pageNumber   <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> Null
        , @printOption  <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>             <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #000;">3</span>    <span style="color: #008080;">-- 0, 1, 2, or 3</span>
        , @pageType     <span style="color: #0000FF;">CHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">4</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>         <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Leaf'</span> <span style="color: #008080;">-- Leaf, Root, or IAM</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">AS</span>
<span style="color: #008080;">/*********************************************************************************
    Name:       dba_viewPageData_sp
&nbsp;
    Author:     Michelle Ufford
&nbsp;
    Purpose:    Retrieves page data for the specified table/page.
&nbsp;
    Notes:      Can pass either the table name or the pageID, but must pass one, or
                you'll end up with no results. 
                If the table name is passed, it will return the first page.
&nbsp;
        @tableName must be '&lt;databaseName&gt;.&lt;schemaName&gt;.&lt;tableName&gt;' in order to
            function correctly for cross-database joins.  
&nbsp;
        @printOption can be one of following values:
            0 - print just the page header
            1 - page header plus per-row hex dumps and a dump of the page slot array
            2 - page header plus whole page hex dump
            3 - page header plus detailed per-row interpretation
&nbsp;
        Page Options borrowed from: 
        https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/10/625659.aspx
&nbsp;
        @pageType must be one of the following values:
            Leaf - returns the first page of the leaf level of your index or heap
            Root - returns the root page of your index
            IAM - returns the index allocation map chain for your index or heap
&nbsp;
        Conversions borrowed from:
        http://sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/post/Inside-The-Storage-Engine-
        sp_AllocationMetadata-putting-undocumented-system-catalog-views-to-work.aspx
&nbsp;
    Called by:  DBA
&nbsp;
    Date        User    Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2009-05-06  MFU     Initial release for public consumption
*********************************************************************************
    Exec dbo.dba_viewPageData_sp
          @databaseName = 'AdventureWorks'
        , @tableName    = 'AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail'
        , @indexName    = 'IX_SalesOrderDetail_ProductID'
        --, @fileNumber   = 1
        --, @pageNumber   = 38208
        , @printOption  = 3
        , @pageType     = 'Root';
*********************************************************************************/</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> XACT_Abort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Padding <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Ansi_Warnings <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> ArithAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Concat_Null_Yields_Null <span style="color: #0000FF;">ON</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> Numeric_RoundAbort <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">DECLARE</span> @fileID         <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , @pageID           <span style="color: #0000FF;">INT</span>
        , @sqlStatement     <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">1200</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , @sqlParameters    <span style="color: #0000FF;">NVARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">255</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        , @errorMessage     <span style="color: #0000FF;">VARCHAR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">100</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Try
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @fileNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null And @pageNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null And @tableName <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @errorMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'You must provide either a file/page number, or a table name!'</span>;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@errorMessage, <span style="color: #000;">16</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @pageType Not In <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">'Leaf'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Root'</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">'IAM'</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @errorMessage <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'You have entered an invalid page type; valid options are &quot;Leaf&quot;, &quot;Root&quot;, or &quot;IAM&quot;'</span>;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">RAISERROR</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@errorMessage, <span style="color: #000;">16</span>, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">IF</span> @fileNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null Or @pageNumber <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlStatement <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> 
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @pageType <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Leaf'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span>
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select Top 1 @p_fileID = Convert (varchar(6), Convert (int, 
                    SubString (au.first_page, 6, 1) +
                    SubString (au.first_page, 5, 1)))
                , @p_pageID = Convert (varchar(20), Convert (int, 
                     SubString (au.first_page, 4, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_page, 3, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_page, 2, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_page, 1, 1)))'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @pageType <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Root'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span>
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select Top 1 @p_fileID = Convert (varchar(6), Convert (int, 
                    SubString (au.root_page, 6, 1) +
                    SubString (au.root_page, 5, 1)))
                , @p_pageID = Convert (varchar(20), Convert (int, 
                     SubString (au.root_page, 4, 1) +
                     SubString (au.root_page, 3, 1) +
                     SubString (au.root_page, 2, 1) +
                     SubString (au.root_page, 1, 1)))'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @pageType <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'IAM'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span>
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">'Select Top 1 @p_fileID = Convert (varchar(6), Convert (int, 
                    SubString (au.first_iam_page, 6, 1) +
                    SubString (au.first_iam_page, 5, 1)))
                , @p_pageID = Convert (varchar(20), Convert (int, 
                     SubString (au.first_iam_page, 4, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_iam_page, 3, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_iam_page, 2, 1) +
                     SubString (au.first_iam_page, 1, 1)))'</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> 
            <span style="color: #FF0000;">'From '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">PARSENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseName, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.indexes AS i
            Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">PARSENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseName, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.partitions AS p
                On i.[object_id] = p.[object_id]
                And i.index_id = p.index_id
            Join '</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF00FF;">QUOTENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF00FF;">PARSENAME</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseName, <span style="color: #000;">1</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'.sys.system_internals_allocation_units AS au
                On p.hobt_id = au.container_id
            Where p.[object_id] = Object_ID(@p_tableName)
                And au.first_page &gt; 0x000000000000 '</span> 
                <span style="color: #808080;">+</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">CASE</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">WHEN</span> @indexName <span style="color: #0000FF;">IS</span> Null 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">THEN</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">';'</span> 
                    <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'And i.name = @p_indexName;'</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> @sqlParameters <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'@p_tableName varchar(128)
                                , @p_indexName varchar(128)
                                , @p_fileID int OUTPUT
                                , @p_pageID int OUTPUT'</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXECUTE</span> <span style="color: #AF0000;">SP_EXECUTESQL</span> @sqlStatement
                        , @sqlParameters
                        , @p_tableName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @tableName
                        , @p_indexName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @indexName
                        , @p_fileID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @fileID <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>
                        , @p_pageID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @pageID <span style="color: #0000FF;">OUTPUT</span>;
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">ELSE</span>
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span>
                <span style="color: #0000FF;">SELECT</span> @fileID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @fileNumber
                    , @pageID <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> @pageNumber;
            <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>;
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DBCC</span> TraceOn <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">3604</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DBCC</span> Page <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span>@databaseName, @fileID, @pageID, @printOption<span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">DBCC</span> TraceOff <span style="color: #808080;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000;">3604</span><span style="color: #808080;">&#41;</span>;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Try
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">BEGIN</span> Catch
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #0000FF;">PRINT</span> @errorMessage;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span> Catch;
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">SET</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">NOCOUNT</span> <span style="color: #0000FF;">OFF</span>;
    <span style="color: #0000FF;">RETURN</span> <span style="color: #000;">0</span>;
<span style="color: #0000FF;">END</span>
Go</pre></div></div>

<p>This proc does have cross-database support, i.e. you can install it in your DBA database and use it to investigate data in other databases.  Here's an example...</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="tsql" style="font-family:monospace;">    <span style="color: #0000FF;">EXEC</span> dbo.<span style="color: #202020;">dba_viewPageData_sp</span>
          @databaseName <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AdventureWorks'</span>
        , @tableName    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail'</span>
        , @indexName    <span style="color: #808080;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">'IX_SalesOrderDetail_ProductID'</span>;</pre></div></div>

<p>... will return a nice data page:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="text" style="font-family:monospace;">DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.
&nbsp;
PAGE: (1:11000)
&nbsp;
BUFFER:
&nbsp;
BUF @0x0391F140
&nbsp;
bpage = 0x0C0C0000                   bhash = 0x00000000                   bpageno = (1:11000)
bdbid = 7                            breferences = 0                      bUse1 = 35177
bstat = 0x1c00009                    blog = 0x21212159                    bnext = 0x00000000</pre></div></div>

<p>[waits for the "oohs" and "aahs" to subside...]</p>
<p>I also give you the option to specify a specific page, in case you want to follow the page trail (i.e. m_nextPage).  I'm not really providing support for partitions, although I do have a little dirty piece of code to return a hobt with data if possible (i.e. "first_page > 0x000000000000").  </p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Special thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/peschkaj" target="_blank">Jeremiah Peschka</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/AdamMachanic" target="_blank">Adam Machanic</a> for showing me<br />
QUOTENAME(PARSENAME(@databaseName, 1))!  <img src='http://sqlfool.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Also, thanks to <a href="http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/" target="_blank">Paul Randal</a> for his excellent blog posts on this very topic!  Check out his blog post on <a href="https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/10/625659.aspx" target="_blank">DBCC Page</a>.  The conversion code was borrowed from his <a href="http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-The-Storage-Engine-sp_AllocationMetadata-putting-undocumented-system-catalog-views-to-work.aspx" target="_blank">sp_AllocationMetadata</a> proc.  </p>
<p><strong>Update 2:</strong> I've made some quick changes based on some feedback from Twitter.  Thanks for the suggestions and hopefully you enjoy the updates.  </p>
<p>Happy crawling!</p>
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