Indexes and Statistics

Hi,
Do I need to create statistic on a column that already has an index?
Thanks in advance,
LeilaNo.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
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"Leila" <Leilas@.hotpop.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Do I need to create statistic on a column that already has an index?
Thanks in advance,
Leila|||The first column in the index already have statistics, with that index.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
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"Leila" <Leilas@.hotpop.com> wrote in message news:OJU9AxzVGHA.4956@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...[
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> Hi,
> Do I need to create statistic on a column that already has an index?
> Thanks in advance,
> Leila
>[/color]|||Nope. The process of indexing does create the statistics in the background.
HTH,
Vinod Kumar
MCSE, DBA, MCAD, MCSD
http://www.extremeexperts.com
"Leila" <Leilas@.hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Do I need to create statistic on a column that already has an index?
> Thanks in advance,
> Leila
>