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sachingovekar
Posting Yak Master

101 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-14 : 12:51:23
Hi,

My Table has million of rows.
Table A
cOLUMN 1
COLUMN 2

There is a table in production database.
Table B
col 1
col 2

I want to populate column 2 of table A by joining Table A WITH Table B on column1 = col1

col1 of Table B has no index( its a production table).

column 1 of table A has no index defined.

Since there are millions of rows. If we implement a non clustered index on COLUMN 1 of table A, will there be any faster execution of query?




scott_leseman
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-15 : 07:41:36


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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2009-10-18 : 11:34:25
Not Necessarily. If col1 has unique or selective records you should have Clustered index on col1 as it stores all informations for indexes and makes things faster.
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