| title | sp_helpindex (Transact-SQL) | ||
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| description | sp_helpindex reports information about the indexes on a table or view. | ||
| author | markingmyname | ||
| ms.author | maghan | ||
| ms.reviewer | randolphwest | ||
| ms.date | 06/23/2025 | ||
| ms.service | sql | ||
| ms.subservice | system-objects | ||
| ms.topic | reference | ||
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance FabricSQLDB]
Reports information about the indexes on a table or view.
:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions
sp_helpindex [ @objname = ] N'objname'
[ ; ]
The qualified or nonqualified name of a user-defined table or view. @objname is nvarchar(776), with no default. Quotation marks are required only if a qualified table or view name is specified. If a fully qualified name, including a database name, is provided, the database name must be the name of the current database.
0 (success) or 1 (failure).
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
index_name |
sysname | Index name. |
index_description |
varchar(210) | Index description, including the filegroup in which it's located. |
index_keys |
nvarchar(2078) | Table or view columns upon which the index is built. |
A descending indexed column is listed in the result set with a minus sign (-) following its name; an ascending indexed column, the default, is listed by its name alone.
If indexes are set by using the NORECOMPUTE option of UPDATE STATISTICS, that information is included in the index_description column.
sp_helpindex exposes only orderable index columns; therefore, it doesn't expose information about XML indexes or spatial indexes.
Requires membership in the public role.
The following example reports on the types of indexes on the Customer table in [!INCLUDE sssampledbobject-md].
USE AdventureWorks2022;
GO
EXECUTE sp_helpindex N'Sales.Customer';
GO