I ran Sql Profiler and created a trace file

I fed the trace file into the DB tuning wizard in sql 2008 and the only reccommendations I got were to create statistics.

We have never create statistics against our data tables in the past and I was wondering if someone could explain the benefits of them and how they are different than indexes

Thanks

Will this article help?

http://decipherinfosys.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/understanding-the-difference-between-indexes-and-statistics/