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sde · 12-18-2003, 10:19 AM

When working with databases, what exactly is the difference between a key and index?

It seems like when you set a key, it indexes by that key, but is there something else?

12-18-2003, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
sde Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: us.ca Posts: 4,505	Keys vs Indexes When working with databases, what exactly is the difference between a key and index? It seems like when you set a key, it indexes by that key, but is there something else? __________________ Mike