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HEAP entires in sys.Indexes

  • January 17, 2013 at 2:18 am

    #268819

    Indexes are either Clustered or Non-Clustered. Than why does the HEAP entries are shown in sys.indexes table?

  • January 17, 2013 at 2:40 am

    #1578166

    Because there has to be an entry in there for tables without clustered indexes. Heaps get an index id of 0.

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