Is there some standard way to name indexes for SQL Server? It seems that the primary key index is named PK_ and non-clustered indexes typically start with IX_. Are there any naming conventions beyond that for unique indexes?
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Is there some standard way to name indexes for SQL Server? It seems that the primary key index is named PK_ and non-clustered indexes typically start with IX_. Are there any naming conventions beyond that for unique indexes?
I use
PK_ for primary keys
UK_ for unique keys
IX_ for non clustered non unique indexes
UX_ for unique indexes
All of my index name take the form of
<index or key type>_<table name>_<column 1>_<column 2>_<column n>