Considerations When Using the CREATE INDEX Statement

CREATE INDEX syntax differs slightly between Adaptive Server Enterprise, SAP SQL Anywhere, and SAP Sybase IQ.

Adaptive Server Enterprise and SAP SQL Anywhere support clustered or nonclustered indexes, using the following syntax:
```
CREATE [UNIQUE] [CLUSTERED] INDEX name 
ON table (column,...)
ON dbspace
```
Adaptive Server Enterprise also allows the NONCLUSTERED keyword, but for both products the default is NONCLUSTERED.
Adaptive Server Enterprise CREATE INDEX statements work in SAP SQL Anywhere because SAP SQL Anywhere allows, but ignores, the keywords FILLFACTOR, IGNORE_DUP_KEY, SORTED_DATA, IGNORE_DUP_ROW, and ALLOW_DUP_ROW.
SAP SQL Anywhere CREATE INDEX syntax supports the VIRTUAL keyword for use by its Index Consultant, but not for actual query executions.
SAP Sybase IQ supports seven specialized index types: LF, HG, HNG, DATE, TIME, DTTM, and WD. SAP Sybase IQ also supports a CMP index on the relationship between two columns of identical data type, precision, and scale. SAP Sybase IQ defaults to creating an HG index unless the index type is specified in the CREATE INDEX statement:
```
CREATE [UNIQUE] [type] INDEX name 
ON table (column,...)
```