Rebuilds one or more indexes for a table in the specified database.

Important:
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft
SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development
work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this
feature. Use ALTER INDEX instead.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax
DBCC DBREINDEX
(
        'table_name'
    [ , 'index_name' [ , fillfactor ] ]
)
    [ WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]

Arguments
'table_name'
Is the name of the table for which to rebuild the
specified index or indexes. Table names must follow the
rules for identifiers. database.

'index_name'
Is the name of the index to rebuild. Index names must
comply with the rules for identifiers. If index_name is
specified, table_name must be specified. If index_name
is not specified or is specified as ' ', all indexes for the
table are rebuilt.

fillfactor
Is the percentage of space on each index page to be
used for storing data when the index is created or
rebuilt. fillfactor replaces the fill factor when the index
was created, becoming the new default for the index and
for any other nonclustered indexes rebuilt because a
clustered index is rebuilt. When fillfactor is 0, DBCC
DBREINDEX uses the fill factor value last specified for
 the index. This value is stored in the sys.indexes
catalog view.

If fillfactor is specified, table_name and index_name

must be specified. If fillfactor is not specified, the default
fill factor, 100, is used. For more information, see Fill
Factor.

WITH NO_INFOMSGS
Suppresses all informational messages that have
severity levels from 0 through 10.

Result Sets
Whether any one of the options, except NO_INFOMSGS, is specified (the table name
must be specified), DBCC DBREINDEX returns:

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DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error
messages, contact your system administrator.

Remarks
DBCC DBREINDEX rebuilds an index for a table or all indexes
defined for a table. By allowing an index to be rebuilt
dynamically, indexes enforcing either PRIMARY KEY or
UNIQUE constraints can be rebuilt without having to drop and
re-create those constraints. This means an index can be
rebuilt without knowing the structure of a table or its
constraints. This might occur after a bulk copy of data into
the table.

DBCC DBREINDEX can rebuild all the indexes for a table in

one statement. This is easier than coding multiple DROP
INDEX and CREATE INDEX statements. Because the work is
performed by one statement, DBCC DBREINDEX is
automatically atomic; whereas, individual DROP INDEX and
CREATE INDEX statements must be included in a transaction
to be atomic. Also, DBCC DBREINDEX offers the advantage of
more optimizations than individual DROP INDEX and CREATE
INDEX statements.
Unlike DBCC INDEXDEFRAG, or ALTER INDEX with the
REORGANIZE option, DBCC DBREINDEX is an offline
operation. If a nonclustered index is being rebuilt, a shared
lock is held on the table in question for the duration of the
operation. This prevents modifications to the table. If the
clustered index is being rebuilt, an exclusive table lock is
held. This prevents any table access, therefore effectively
making the table offline. Use the ALTER INDEX REBUILD
statement with the ONLINE option to perform an index rebuild
online, or to control the degree of parallelism during the index
rebuild operation.

For more information about selecting a method to rebuild or

reorganize an index, see Reorganizing and Rebuilding Indexes
.

DBCC DBREINDEX is not supported for use on system tables.

Permissions
Caller must own the table, or be a member of the sysadmin
fixed server role, the db_owner fixed database role, or the
db_ddladmin fixed database role.

Examples
A. Rebuilding an index
The following example rebuilds the Employee_EmployeeID
clustered index with a fill factor of 80 on the Employee table
in the AdventureWorks database.
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USE AdventureWorks;
GO
DBCC DBREINDEX ('HumanResources.Employee',
PK_Employee_EmployeeID,80);
GO

B. Rebuilding all indexes

The following example rebuilds all indexes on the Employee
table in AdventureWorks by using a fill factor value of 70.
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USE AdventureWorks;
GO
DBCC DBREINDEX ('HumanResources.Employee', '', 70);
GO