Primary Key (PK)

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Primary Key Primer for SQL Server

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Every database developer uses keys, but without always understanding all the ramifications. They come with few hard and fast rules, but if you get them right from the start with a database design, the whole process of database development is simpler, and the result is likely to perform better. We asked Phil for advice, little knowing that the explanation might take a while.

2013-12-19

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Primary Keys which are not Clustered Indexes in a database

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Recently I was asked to find all the Primary keys that are not clustered Indexes in the database. I constructed the below script which will help us to locate the primary keys in the database which are not clustered index.

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2013-09-18 (first published: )

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