Posted by Paul S. Randal [MS] on 03/13/07 06:32

Check out the CREATE INDEX ... WITH DROP_EXISTING syntax where you specify
the filegroup to create the new index on.

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Paul Randal
Principal Lead Program Manager
Microsoft SQL Server Core Storage Engine,
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/default.aspx


"rcamarda" <robert.a.camarda@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was checking out an indexes property via SQL 2005 Management Studio
> and it looks like I can move the index to other filegroups via the
> drop down.
> I checked the BOL ALTER INDEX and I didnt see an argument for this
> action. I see stuff about PARTITION, but I think that is for row
> partitioning??
> I want to move existing indexes from the PRIMARY filegroup to a new
> file group just for indexes, which is called INDEXES.
> Can this be done via ALTER INDEX or some other way?
> TIA
> Rob
>

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