All I can really add to this is, yeah, me too. If you want some absolutely great advice on indexes, read this post. It’s a must.
And might I add, I’ve been the bad guy in Tim’s example. Once, many, many years ago, I was reading from the SQL Server 7.0 documentation. It suggested that compound indexes were no longer needed since the optimizer could build them on the fly using index intersection. I had a performance problem and a consultant was telling me to use a compound index. I swore up and down it wouldn’t work because Microsoft said so. He kept pushing and I kept pushing back. Finally, after a rather heated discussion in which I was convinced I had the upper hand, I got off the phone resolved to show this “ID 10 T” he didn’t know what he was talking about… Let me just say that after running some tests I did NOT enjoy the next phone call. Crow really tastes nasty.
Great post Tim. I’m looking forward to the book.
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