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Is it slower if you access a record through ALT

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Is it slower if you access a record through ALT INDEX as compared to Primary INDEX ?

Yes. Why ? Because the alternate key would first locate the primary key, which in turn locates the actual record. Needs twice the number of I/Os.

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