22 January 2015

Why only one Clustered Index per table?


  • Clustered index defines the way in which data is ordered physically on the disk. And there can only be one way in which you can order the data physically.

  • Imagine if we have two clustered indexes on a single table – which index would determine the order in which the rows will be stored?

  • Since the rows of a table can only be sorted to follow just one index, having more than one clustered index is not allowed.

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