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• Index is a database object which improves the efficiency of the query. When queries are run against a database, an index on that database basically helps in the way the data is sorted to process the query for faster and data retrievals are much faster when we have an index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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