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05/06/2001 08:53:46
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Re: Index
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00515043
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00515091
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>Can any one explain me what is clustered and non clustered indexs?
>
>Mohammed

This is just a brief overview... Clustered indexes are the actual order the data is in stored in the table. A non-Clustered index simply has a pointer to the data on the page (if there is no clustered index).

Since a clustered index is the physical order of the table, you can only have one per table.

If you have a clustered index, any non-clustered indexes are built on top of that index. So, in order to get through the non-clustered index to the data, you have to traverse the non-clustered index, get what is called a 'clustering key', and then traverse the clustered index to find your data.

If you have SQL Bol, you might want to read all you can there about the two.
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
"The only things you can take to heaven are those which you give away" Author Unknown
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