Indexes

I have a SQL Server 2000 database with numerous cluster and non-cluster
indexes.
I have a stored procedure that has several queries. This stored procedure
has query that uses index B3 first and then another query that uses B4 index.
What is the best practice to have two separate indexes or one index (B3/B4)
that used by this stored procedure?
Thank You,
Table A
B1 : Cluster
B2
B3 :Non-Cluster
B4 :Non-Cluster
There is no best practice in that regard. Use whatever indexes improve your
performance, but try not to create too many indexes or you will end up
hurting data modification performance.
Adam Machanic
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"Joe K." <Joe K.@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a SQL Server 2000 database with numerous cluster and non-cluster
> indexes.
> I have a stored procedure that has several queries. This stored procedure
> has query that uses index B3 first and then another query that uses B4
> index.
> What is the best practice to have two separate indexes or one index
> (B3/B4)
> that used by this stored procedure?
> Thank You,
>
> Table A
> B1 : Cluster
> B2
> B3 :Non-Cluster
> B4 :Non-Cluster
>
>