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How is sparse indexing different from dense indexing?


Asked by Aitana Greene on Dec 05, 2021 FAQ



Sparse Index helps you to resolve the issues of dense indexing. In sparse indexing technique, a range of index columns stores the same data block address, and when data needs to be retrieved, this block address will be fetched. Sparse indexing method stores index records for only some search key values.
Subsequently,
Indexes can also be characterized as dense or sparse. A dense index has an index entry for every search key value (and hence every record) in the data file. A sparse (or nondense) index, on the other hand, has index entries for only some of the search values.
Also, Index records contain search key value and a pointer to the actual record on the disk. In sparse index, index records are not created for every search key. An index record here contains a search key and an actual pointer to the data on the disk.
Just so,
Clustering Index − Clustering index is defined on an ordered data file. The data file is ordered on a non-key field. In dense index, there is an index record for every search key value in the database. This makes searching faster but requires more space to store index records itself.
In this manner,
The data file is ordered on a non-key field. In dense index, there is an index record for every search key value in the database. This makes searching faster but requires more space to store index records itself. Index records contain search key value and a pointer to the actual record on the disk.