Stairway to SQL Server Indexes: Step 1, Introduction to Indexes

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Published on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:00:00 UT Indexed on 2011/03/18 16:16 UTC
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Indexes are the database objects that enable SQL Server to satisfy each data access request from a client application with the minimum amount of effort, resulting in the maximum performance of individual requests while also reducing the impact of one request upon another. Prerequisites: Familiarity with the following relational database concepts: Table, row, primary key, foreign key

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