How many records can take clustured index in sql server

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vvijaychandra  

  • Jun 22nd, 2006

a clustered index is a special type of index that reorders the way the records in the table are physically stored . therefore the table can have only one clustered index.

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Lakshmi Narang

  • Apr 28th, 2006
 

THERE CAN BE AT THE MOST 1 CLUSTERED INDEX FOR ONE TABLE IN SQL SERVER

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vvijaychandra

  • Jun 22nd, 2006
 

a clustered index is a special type of index that reorders the way the records in the table are physically stored . therefore the table can have only one clustered index.

pradeep

  • Jul 31st, 2006
 

In Sql Server, a table can have only one clustered index . Whenever a primary key is created for a table, a clustered index is created internally and that is why we can not create more than one primary key on a single table.

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shashi kant pathak

  • Jun 1st, 2007
 

unlimited.

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Lavanyaaru

  • Jan 31st, 2008
 

Only 1 clustered index per table.Becoz for every DML executed on the table,the physical structure is re-written.Also by default SQL Server creates a Clustered Index on the Primary Key field.But you can also get into SQL Server's tools and remove the default Clustered Index creation on the Primary Key and set it on any other unique key in the same table

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ushalakshmi

  • Apr 17th, 2008
 

A clustered index is a special type of index that reorders the way records in the table are physically stored. Clustered index is created by default when we create a primary key on a column.Everyone know that primary key is a unique key ,So we can create one clustered index per table.Clustered index is stored in a serial passion.

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Pendurti

  • Sep 14th, 2008
 

FYI..

Clustered index is something that deals with the columns but not the records.
These define the physical sorting of the rows in the database in the storage media.
A database table can have utmost one clustered index. 
If we do not create a clustered index, SQL server creates a clustered index on the column with primary key. 

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