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SQL server Indexes

Eg: CREATE TABLE parts(


part_id INT NOT NULL,
part_name VARCHAR(100));

• Parts table does not have a primary key, therefore, SQL Server stores
its rows in an unordered structure.
• When you query data from the table, it needs to scan the whole table
to locate the correct one.
Types of indexes
• SQL Server has two types of indexes:
1. Clustered index
2. Non-clustered index

3. Clustered index: A clustered index stores data rows in a sorted structure based
on its key values. Each table has only one clustered index.
• When you create a table with a primary key, SQL Server automatically creates a
corresponding clustered index based on columns included in the primary key.
Eg:
• The following statement creates a clustered index for the parts table.

CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX ix_parts_id


ON parts (part_id);
2. Non-clustered indexes: A non-clustered index is a data structure that
improves the speed of data retrieval from tables.

Eg: CREATE INDEX ix_customers_city


ON customers(city);

• Create a non-clustered index for multiple columns example.

Eg: CREATE INDEX ix_customers_name


ON customers(last_name, first_name);

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