Different index configurations for SQL Server table

By Santhosh N

This explains the different index configurations a SQL Server table can have

Any typical SQL Server table can consist of these following index configurations:

1) Any number of non-clustered indexes (ofcourse limited to maximum of 999 in SQL Server 2008 R2 and 249 in prior versions)
2) Single non-clustered index
3) Single clustered index and many non-clustered indexes
4) Single clustered index
5) No indexes at all

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