indexes

i have a question about indexes
if i create a index on 3 columns
int int int
id1 id2 id3

does SqlServer build the index from left to right based on the data in each
column

Tks
Mike

Re: indexes

MikeJ (analizer1@yahoo.com) writes:
> i have a question about indexes
> if i create a index on 3 columns
> int int int
> id1 id2 id3
>
> does SqlServer build the index from left to right based on the data in
> each column

I'm not sure if I understand the question. Or even what left and right
might be in this context.

But if have these 8 rows:

id1 id2 id3
12 1 -2
12 1 23
12 2 9
12 2 19
14 145 1992
15 -2 4711
15 -2 4712
15 6 0

The rows will appear in the index in that order.

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