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Should Pk Be Clustered?

Elena Rostova • • 7 min read
Should Pk Be Clustered?

PK and Clustered key are indeed separate concepts.
Your PK does not need to be your clustered index key. In practical applications in my own experience, the same field that is your PK should/would be your clustered key since it meets the same criteria listed above.

Should primary key be clustered?

Primary Key can be Clustered or Non-clustered but it is a common best practice to create a Primary Key as Clustered Index. ... Primary Key should be uniquely identifying column of the table and it should be NOT NULL.

What is PK clustered?

Clustered Index. A clustered index defines the order in which data is physically stored in a table. Table data can be sorted in only way, therefore, there can be only one clustered index per table. In SQL Server, the primary key constraint automatically creates a clustered index on that particular column.

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