Charles Kincaid (11/18/2009)
When talking about included columns one would guess that the order is no more or less important than the column order in the table itself.
Indeed. Order for included columns is irrelevant, they're only at the leaf level, they cannot be used for seeks. Just the same as the non-key columns for a clustered index.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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