Answer Posted / elbert gopta
An index is an additional auxiliary access structure used to speed up the retrieval of records in response to certain search conditions
An index enables efficient access to a record based on the indexing field or fields
An index is an ordered file with two fields consisting of the indexing field and the physical address of the record/block
Each table typically has a primary index created for the primary key of the table.
Types:
Primary Index
Secondary Index
Multilevel indexes
B-tree and B+-tree indexes
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