Managing Indexes with T-SQL
One of the T-SQL features available with SQL Server 2008 is the ALTER INDEX statement. This statement simplifies many of the tasks associated with managing indexes. Index operations such as index rebuilds and changes to fill factor that were previously handled with DBCC commands are now available via the ALTER INDEX statement. The basic syntax for ALTER INDEX is as follows:
Let’s look at a few examples that demonstrate the power of the ALTER INDEX statement. The first example simply rebuilds the primary key index on the Production.Product table:
ALTER INDEX [PK_Product_ProductID] ON [Production].[Product] REBUILD
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