what is use of PI(primary index) AND SI(secondary index)

Answer Posted / tdguy

PI - mandatory and very important in TD. Useful in
distribution and retrieval. Performance of TD highly
depends on PI.
SI - Optional and provides alternate path to data. When
choosen appropriately, this improves the performance of
queries.

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