sp_help_spatial_geography_index (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: SQL Server
Returns the names and values for a specified set of properties about a geography spatial index. The result is returned in a table format. You can choose to return a core set of properties or all properties of the index.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
sp_help_spatial_geography_index
[ @tabname = ] N'tabname'
, [ @indexname = ] N'indexname'
, [ @verboseoutput = ] verboseoutput
, [ @query_sample = ] query_sample
[ ; ]
Arguments and properties
See Spatial index stored procedures - arguments and properties.
Permissions
User must be assigned a public role to access the procedure. Requires READ ACCESS permission on the server and the object.
Examples
The following example uses sp_help_spatial_geography_index
to investigate the geography spatial index SIndx_SpatialTable_geography_col2
defined on table geography_col
for the given query sample in @qs
. This example returns only the core properties of the specified index.
DECLARE @qs GEOGRAPHY = 'POLYGON((-90.0 -180, -90 180.0, 90 180.0, 90 -180, -90 -180.0))';
EXEC sp_help_spatial_geography_index
'geography_col',
'SIndx_SpatialTable_geography_col2',
0,
@qs;
The bounding box of a geography instance is the whole earth.