Spatial Index Properties

The following describes new or changed properties in the property editor and related information.

  • SQL Azure does not support the following arguments and options with the CREATE SPATIAL INDEX statement:
    • ON Keyword for:
      • partition_schema_name
      • filegroup name
      • default
    • relational_index_option
      • PAD_INDEX
      • FILLFACTOR
      • SORT_IN_TEMPDB
      • ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS
      • ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS
      • MAXDOP
    • Backward-compatible relational index

The following describes the impacts on the SQL Azure Table Spatial Index Editor as compared to the SQL Server 2008 Table Spatial Index Editor:

  • In the Navigation Grid, the Filegroup property was removed.
  • On the General tab, the only available properties in the SpatialIndex Options section are No Recompute and Drop Existing.