SQL Server check table fragmentation level

If you are using SQL Server, and discover that what should be a simple select query, or particularly multiple select queries that are unioned together with a sort are running slowly, then the issue is your table indexes. This is particularly the case when using Date and DateTime fields for sorting.If you are trying to sort a table or multiple tables by Date, then it is a good idea to add an index on the Date column, it makes things significantly faster.Here is the SQL Query to check all tables in your database and the levels of fragmentation of each:

SELECT dbschemas.[name] as 'Schema',

dbtables.[name] as 'Table',

dbindexes.[name] as 'Index',

indexstats.avg_fragmentation_in_percent,

indexstats.page_count

FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats (DB_ID(), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) AS indexstats

INNER JOIN sys.tables dbtables on dbtables.[object_id] = indexstats.[object_id]

INNER JOIN sys.schemas dbschemas on dbtables.[schema_id] = dbschemas.[schema_id]

INNER JOIN sys.indexes AS dbindexes ON dbindexes.[object_id] = indexstats.[object_id]

AND indexstats.index_id = dbindexes.index_id

WHERE indexstats.database_id = DB_ID()

ORDER BY indexstats.avg_fragmentation_in_percent desc