Difference between Cluster and Non-cluster index?

Answer Posted / upma

when u create primary key in a table than cluster index are automatically created...becoz there can b only one primary key on a table,so cluster index is one in a table.cluster index reorder the way records in a table are physically stored...
Non cluster index,when u create unique automatically generated... 249 non cluster index in a table,because we can apply more than one unique key in a table..
logically order, does not match with physical order..

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