Question

I created a non-clustered index (using the execution plan tools in MSSQLSMS) that greatly speeds up a critical, time-consuming query. My test machine uses SQL Express 2008, but I’m limited to SQL Server 2000 on the production server.

The index includes some non-key columns in an INCLUDE statement:

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX idxTotalFundsUnderManagementQuery_TotalPv
ON PortfolioMovements (PortfolioMovementType, AtDate)
INCLUDE (PortfolioID, SecurityGuid, Units)

INCLUDE isn’t supported on SQL Server 2000. Is there a way to include non-key columns in the index?

Answer 1

No: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa258260(v=sql.80).aspx
It’s a performance feature that was introduced in SS 2005 AFAIK.