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jung1975
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Posted - 2011-11-22 : 18:18:13
what is the best index strategy for a large fact table in data warehouse environment?
should i create a one large non clustered index that has all of dimenions columns( surrogate key)? or should i create a seperate non clustered index per surrogate column in the fact table?


tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-22 : 18:41:40
Depends on the queries.

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