Clustered vs. Nonclustered Index Structures in SQL Server

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  • Clustered and nonclustered indexes share many of the same internal structures, but they're fundamentally different in nature. Watch Microsoft Certified IT Professional Jon Seigel explain the similarities and differences of clustered and nonclustered indexes, using a real-world example to show how these structures work to improve the performance of SQL queries.
    Blog post on primary key vs. the clustered index:
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    CREATE INDEX statement reference:
    technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li...
    ALTER INDEX statement reference:
    technet.microsoft.com/en-us/li...
    Index navigation internals by example:
    sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_white/a...
    Sample index data is from the AdventureWorksLT2008R2 sample database:
    awlt2008dbscript.codeplex.com/...
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  • @nonam72
    @nonam72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    No nonsense talk or waste of time.
    Straight to the point with excellent presentation examples.
    Good Work. Thank you very much.

  • @abhiramm4941
    @abhiramm4941 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It is hard to believe that this video is from 8 years ago. Still the best video explaining the basics of both these indexes even in 2022.

    • @ColonelStraker
      @ColonelStraker 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it just me or did his eyebrows grow, during the course of this video and its edits?

  • @edwardsun4079
    @edwardsun4079 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Man, you fully rocked on demonstration the difference between Clustered Index and non-clustered Index ! This helps me on preparing for the interview questions !

  • @lorraineliu8422
    @lorraineliu8422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've watched over 10 video. This is by far the most clear structured introduction to indexes! Thank you!

  • @michaelgebreselassie99
    @michaelgebreselassie99 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been looking for different sources just to objectively understand the difference between clustered and non-clustered indexes and to know how they really work. This very short and precise video have put an end to all of my Qs. Thank you.

  • @falxonPSN
    @falxonPSN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is one of the best videos on this topic out there. Keeps it simple, but still clearly explains the structures and how it works. Very nice work, sir!

  • @Alstash
    @Alstash 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Elegant explanations like this are truly timeless, shifted through a bunch of videos attempting to word this same information in, like, double the time, and yet STILL failed to deliver as well as you did, sir, truly thank you.

  • @sharaf515
    @sharaf515 8 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Never before did Nicolas cage explain something so well, good job Nic.
    joking :D it was so helpful. thanks.

  • @CorbinBohne
    @CorbinBohne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always come back to this video when I need a refresher and it never fails to help me. Thanks again!

  • @xphon12
    @xphon12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Great explanation! This is the type of explanation that every developer can understand, no matter their programming level

  • @vincewon8591
    @vincewon8591 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for posting this! I was having a hard time understanding the differences between the two until i watched the video.

  • @radekou
    @radekou 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Wow, great explanation, love the usage of visualization of the data stored in structures. I've had an idea about how indexes work, but after watching this I'd be able to explain it to my grandmother (:

  • @nkproductions742
    @nkproductions742 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredibly beautiful explanation of clustered and non-clustered indexes. There is a lot of material in those first 6 minutes, and I admit I had to pause several times to absorb it and move, but hey who is complaining when you get there eventually.

  • @TheGothicSecret
    @TheGothicSecret 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for painting and diving deep in details of indexes!

  • @jonobaker
    @jonobaker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video helped me ALOT, I've been watching many videos and this really clearly cleaned things up for me. The moving graphics were a big part of that too.
    thankyou!

  • @camelCased
    @camelCased 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video, the phonebook example was good and easy to understand.
    From my experience, things sometimes get confusing because of different default behavior of different RDBMS - some automatically create clustered indexes for primary keys, some automatically create indexes on foreign keys, and some don't do any of this. So, sometimes you might get unpleasant surprises and performance issues if you have to deal with a RDBMS which you don't have experience with.

  • @amaxamon
    @amaxamon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this has been up for 6 years but THANK YOU!!!!

  • @MegaSmsm2011
    @MegaSmsm2011 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the best tutorial i have ever seen for MS SQL indexes, good job my friend

    • @VoluntaryDBA
      @VoluntaryDBA  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! I'm glad it helped you.

  • @ashish7459
    @ashish7459 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really amazing, I was not aware that we can define type of index while applying primary key or unique constraints. thanks for amazing explanation :)

  • @danm2756
    @danm2756 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow....best explanation. I'm studying for the mcsa exam. I've been struggling with this topic. thanks!!

  • @mike_yon
    @mike_yon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This has been a great straightforward video that really helped explain the difference. Thank you keep up the good work!

  • @kezhan01
    @kezhan01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, I could not image a man can explain it in such a simple way! Thank you!

  • @ommi3756
    @ommi3756 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never get this clear until this video. Nice!

  • @jacksrensen4475
    @jacksrensen4475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good explanation ;) My tutors have tried to explain clustering and indexing for me multiple times, without my understanding. But your examples and explanation of the differences really helped

  • @glebski1531
    @glebski1531 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    really awesome explanation of a concept that I come across every day that has perplexed me to date... thank you sir !

  • @NatashaSalam
    @NatashaSalam 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, thank you for creating this and explaining the concepts in a concise and visual manner.

  • @indric
    @indric 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I understood more from this video than from a whole semester of lectures. Thanks!

    • @VoluntaryDBA
      @VoluntaryDBA  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome! I'm glad it helped you understand these concepts.

  • @imrana.8370
    @imrana.8370 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a hard time understanding the difference until I watched your video. Thanks for the simple explanation!

  • @kzev
    @kzev 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are awesome. Without ppl like you I would not have been able to build my skill at this level and get the job I now have. It all goes far. Thank you very much!

  • @bobbysugianto5744
    @bobbysugianto5744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a brilliant explanation! subscribed!
    Looking further for your explanation about physical and logical operators in SQL Server and when is the best situation to use it (Nested loops, Hash Match, Merge Join, etc)
    Greetings from Indonesia!

  • @Devilfairy1
    @Devilfairy1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best indexing explanation I've seen on internet.

  • @akashverma1640
    @akashverma1640 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is all I was looking for. Best explanation about behind the scenes of indexing.

  • @Major_Mason
    @Major_Mason 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am just starting to learn SQL. My dad is going to give me lessons, but this certainly helped me understand some of the terminology. I figured since I am already a Network Engineer who is two months away from his bachelor's degree, I want to make myself more valuable.

  • @ckeveny1
    @ckeveny1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is very useful. I now understand non-clustered indexes. Thank you

  • @mehdizeynalov1062
    @mehdizeynalov1062 ปีที่แล้ว

    This man knows what he talks about - great. Waiting other videos.

  • @srapdy6960
    @srapdy6960 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent explanation. I don't think this can be described any better. Great visuals. Thank you so much

  • @Yousafkhan-gv7cs
    @Yousafkhan-gv7cs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very helpful especially the way you explain and display the concept.

  • @TheJimboNJ
    @TheJimboNJ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!! I particularly liked your examples and your methodical delivery of the information. I found the examples to be very helpful as well!

  • @akankshakaul744
    @akankshakaul744 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. Finally I could find a video which is so crisp and clear. Thanks a ton!!

  • @serhankars
    @serhankars 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you so much. Brief and infomative. Animations are very helpful also.

  • @ezequiel_code
    @ezequiel_code 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it can't be better explained, excelent work

  • @nareshnama343
    @nareshnama343 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you ...very help full and wonderful demo..we are expecting to see more demos off SQL server from you..

  • @tehawes0mesauce
    @tehawes0mesauce 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video might save my advanced databases test grade tomorrow. I hate when the prof. doesn't explain stuff clearly enough for me. Thanks for the video - liked and subbed! :)

  • @ladhkay
    @ladhkay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most concise and easy to understand video out there. Thx man!

  • @AC-ft6mx
    @AC-ft6mx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never it was explained so well by others. Thank you !!!

  • @hello-again6994
    @hello-again6994 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great visual representation and model choice. subscribed!

  • @mallaiahsomula1714
    @mallaiahsomula1714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much, I never forget concept because of your visual representation. It made me to understand , very clearly

  • @ArtemMikhaylov
    @ArtemMikhaylov 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Perfect explanation I've ever seen before! Please do not stop!

  • @tommccann3559
    @tommccann3559 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo! That is most succinct explanation of clustered indexes I have ever read or seen. I've got it now :-)

  • @roidelalune01
    @roidelalune01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very consistent video. I hope you will add more on this topic. thank you very much

  • @khaleda4873
    @khaleda4873 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are so chill bro, thanks for the video.

  • @js34lee
    @js34lee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have saved my life !!!!! genius explanation. I have been struggling to understand this for months after months

  • @ssaraswatipura
    @ssaraswatipura 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome presentation, looking forward to watching more of your presentation.

  • @RucuryBeans
    @RucuryBeans 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very useful, thanks for making the video and explaining the concepts so well!

  • @condemned8916
    @condemned8916 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir 5/5 for this video , the visualization was a gr8 help in understanding . I had some knowledge that B-tree was the index data structure but could not grasp it , but after your video it helped me a lot. Plz do post more such videos.

  • @GhOnAu
    @GhOnAu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great work, learned quite a lot about such a important topics in database the slides and visual explanation was piece of master piece

  • @Akshay-Raut
    @Akshay-Raut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its simple to understand with graphical representation. Keep up with them. Great work.

  • @TijiMathewrjj
    @TijiMathewrjj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very well illustrated and explained thoroughly. Well done.

  • @peeyar2000
    @peeyar2000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great stuff about indexes.. Thanks for uploading.

  • @pedropinto2192
    @pedropinto2192 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful video! Your visual graphics made it very simple to understand. Thanks :)

  • @manasr3969
    @manasr3969 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video. Much easier with visuals than reading articles. Keep up the good work.

  • @KanagaveluSugumar
    @KanagaveluSugumar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, Excellent content and animation. Thank you!!

  • @iainelder7607
    @iainelder7607 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, Jon. I liked the visual example of the phone book - helped me to understand how indexes work without getting bogged down in bytes and pointers.

    • @VoluntaryDBA
      @VoluntaryDBA  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome! That's exactly what I was going for.

  • @sathwicksv
    @sathwicksv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much, I have been reading at many places but no one explained with images. Greate video. Even MSDN documentation doesn't have this much information.

  • @jaquesaulait
    @jaquesaulait 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, clear delivery, good explanation. And he said "zed"! He speaks proper English..!

  • @pradeepdesai9952
    @pradeepdesai9952 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicely put.. Specially graphical visual are the one which makes one understand much better .. .Thank you so much ...

  • @Jemmeh
    @Jemmeh 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, very well put together and simplifies the topic well.

  • @csmanul
    @csmanul 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for explaining, i appreciate your effort.

  • @pjkumar5016
    @pjkumar5016 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome, I referred lost video but this one really hits me. This is next level explanantion.

  • @caginbektas
    @caginbektas 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so helpful. Thank you for the clear explanation.

  • @programmingbeasts4649
    @programmingbeasts4649 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best explanation of the indexes in SQL thank you so much

  • @ujjvalsharma5055
    @ujjvalsharma5055 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video on cluster and non-cluster index

  • @tuanleanh6081
    @tuanleanh6081 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for the super clear explaination!

  • @viveksingh100k
    @viveksingh100k 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Explained in very short time .. Thanks very much :)

  • @kamalbalasubramanian621
    @kamalbalasubramanian621 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best explanation with visuals. Kudos!!

  • @abhisekmohanty1371
    @abhisekmohanty1371 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for you reply.
    Waiting for you video on Execution plan.

  • @pablocazares4521
    @pablocazares4521 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very good! much better then others I've watched

  • @DownBeatTime
    @DownBeatTime 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The models you used were great! Thanks!

  • @pradeepn6328
    @pradeepn6328 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice Video, The way he explaining is extraordinary

  • @brendaolson5912
    @brendaolson5912 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good explanation of the subject.. Thank you

  • @fernandomichelbaladitahan3921
    @fernandomichelbaladitahan3921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excelent video, I understood perfectly cluster and non cluster index

  • @michaelkennedy5126
    @michaelkennedy5126 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks friend, that was a clear and concise explanation with excellent graphics.

  • @vivaladida3130
    @vivaladida3130 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very good job at explaining it, after so frustrated by my friend's explaination

  • @phani404
    @phani404 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really helpful video with simple examples

  • @gauravbabbar9808
    @gauravbabbar9808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best explanation i have seen for this topic. Thumbs up man.

  • @xiaoyi7538
    @xiaoyi7538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much ! You are amazing. Everything is explained so organized

  • @marcchen4574
    @marcchen4574 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I went through many other tutorials, this one really stands out

  • @user-ij2xw5qv6m
    @user-ij2xw5qv6m 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Buena explicacion, estoy dando mis primeros pasos en SQL server, y tu explicación me aclaro muchas dudas

  • @frankzhang105
    @frankzhang105 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the best helpful video i found about cluster index. thanks much.

  • @nasarazam
    @nasarazam 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Precise and very well explained.

  • @reinersitanggang
    @reinersitanggang 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot wannabe blogs explained it with much much worse example, even a lot that even do not define from the scanning process through accumulate the results. Nice vid!

  • @rajeshpednekar9317
    @rajeshpednekar9317 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Simple explaination on Clustered Indexes and Non Clustered ..

  • @CorbinBohne
    @CorbinBohne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a fantastic explanation that a lowly analyst like me can understand :)

  • @INvestYOU
    @INvestYOU 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent demonstration.

  • @mvmassoudi
    @mvmassoudi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very Professional, clear and informative; I also loved the video animations. Thank you

  • @dominicinzerillo7055
    @dominicinzerillo7055 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff, made so much more sense then the books i have read.

    • @VoluntaryDBA
      @VoluntaryDBA  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      All it takes is one "ah-ha!" moment, no matter where it comes from. :) Thanks for watching!

  • @AlphaWatt
    @AlphaWatt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation. This truly helped.

  • @georgesmith9178
    @georgesmith9178 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I liked the visualizations best. The phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" definitely applies to this video.
    Thanks for the concise and well delivered video. And, please, ignore the "Nicolas Cage" references below.

  • @naveenkumar7262
    @naveenkumar7262 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this nice video. It was short, simple and easy to understand.
    Thanks again!!

    • @VoluntaryDBA
      @VoluntaryDBA  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.

  • @HerdingDogRescuer
    @HerdingDogRescuer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting! I learned a lot!