What is a clustering index?

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What is a clustering index?..

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Clustered indexes can be created to order the rows in the
table in the same physical order as the desired result
set.Clustered indexes allow for a more linear access
pattern to data pages and more effective prefetching, and
help avoid sorts.Only one cluster index can be created on
table.

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What is a clustering index?..

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Clustering Index is an index defined with the CLUSTER
keyword and determines where the row should be inserted to
maintain the clustering sequene

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