Heap modification internals
You’ve seen how SQL Server stores data in a heap. Now you can look at what SQL Server actually does internally when your heap data is modified. Modifying data in an index, which includes a table with a clustered index, is a completely separate topic and is covered in detail in Chapter 7. As a rule of thumb, you should almost always have a clustered index on a table. In some cases you might be better off with a heap, such as when the most important factor is the speed of INSERT operations, but until you do thorough testing to establish that you have such a situation, having a clustered index is better than having no organization to your data at all. In Chapter 7, you’ll see the benefits and tradeoffs of clustered and ...
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