I am quite confused about the difference between an index on table and index on view (Indexed View). Please clarify it.
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I am quite confused about the difference between an index on table and index on view (Indexed View). Please clarify it.
There really is none. The index on both table or view basically serves to speed up searches.
The main thing is: views normally do not have indices. When you add a clustered index to a view, you’re basically “materializing” that view into a system-maintained, always automatically updated “pseudo-table” that exists on disk, uses disk space just like a table, and since it’s really almost a table already, you can also add additional indices to an indexed view.
So really – between a table and an indexed view, there’s little difference – and there’s virtually no difference at all between indices on tables and an indexed view.