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Answer by Kev Riley

16 columns can be combined to make a single composite index key, with a cap that the max size of the combined values is 900 bytes. Which indexing scheme is better: one 16-column index or 16 one-column...

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Answer by basit 1

you can create as many non cluster index in table but some time when you create the non cluster index that are really not it use then it may lead to a performance issue in your enviorment..

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Answer by Håkan Winther

I totally agree with Kev, and I want to add some comments. 1. The index with 16 columns will only be used for seeks when the first columns are used in your queres. That is, if you have col1, col2,...

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