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MS SQL Server - add index to existing table using CREATE INDEX

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TODO: indexy na koniec 

In this article, we would like to show you how to add index to an existing table using CREATE INDEX statement in MS SQL Server.

Quick solution:

CREATE INDEX [index_name]
ON [table_name] ([column1], [column2], [columnN]);

Practical example

To show how the CREATE INDEX statement works, we will use the following table:

MS SQL Server - example data used to add index to existing table
MS SQL Server - example data used to add index to existing table

Note:

At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example 1 - one column index

In this example, we will create an index for the salary column in users table.

Query:

CREATE INDEX [salary_index]
ON [users] ([salary]);

Result:

1. Using query

SHOW INDEX FROM [users] FROM [dirask];    -- where users-table_name, dirask-database_name
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using query
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using query

2. Using HeidiSQL

MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using HeidiSQL
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using HeidiSQL

Example 2 - two column index

In this example, we will create an index on the name and surname columns in users table.

Query:

CREATE INDEX [full_name_index]
ON [users] ([name], [surname]);

Result:

1. Using query

SHOW INDEX FROM [users] FROM [dirask];    -- where users-table_name, dirask-database_name
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using query

2. Using HeidiSQL

MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result
MS SQL Server - add index to existing table - result using HeidiSQL

Database preparation

create_tables.sql file:

CREATE TABLE [users] (
	[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),
	[name] VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	[surname] VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    [salary] DECIMAL(15,2) NOT NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY ([id])
);

insert_data.sql file:

INSERT INTO [users]
	( [name], [surname], [salary])
VALUES
	('John', 'Stewart', '3512.00'),
	('Chris', 'Brown', '1344.00'),
	('Kate', 'Lewis', '6574.00'),
	('Ailisa', 'Gomez', '6500.00'),
	('Gwendolyn', 'James', '4200.00'),
	('Simon', 'Collins', '3320.00'),
	('Taylor', 'Martin', '1500.00'),
	('Andrew', 'Thompson', '2100.00');
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