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SQL & DBMS interview questions
Joins, keys, normalisation, indexes and transactions for placement and backend interviews.
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- What is a covering index?
A covering index contains every column a query needs, so the database answers from the index alone without visiting the table. This is called an index-only scan and avoids extra lookups.
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