Heap vs Clustered Index

Heap vs Clustered Indexes

Table Structures in SQL Server

Heaps vs Clustered Indexes and how tables are structured and data is stored in SQL Server. Data rows from a table are stored in the data pages in either an unsorted order (Heap) or a sort order (Clustered Index).

Table Operators in an Execution Plan

Execution Plans – Table Operators

How to read Heap and Clustered Index table operators in a SQL Server Execution Plan. One way of determining if a table is structured as a Heap or a Clustered Index is to look at the table operators from the Execution Plan.