So the clustered index is really the table itself. As we update data in the table, SQL Server has to keep each index up to date with the new data. So while many indexes may speed up overall read time, ...

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There's two answers to this question, the short answer and the long answer (which includes a follow-up question). The short answer is yes For the longer answer, let's start with the follow-up question ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: SQL Server 2008 comes with quite a few new features that have more stress on query performance such as filtered index. In this article, we will see how exactly filter indexes help ...