Does specifying a foreign key make it an index?

Question

I have a table T with a primary key id and foreign key f. Is f automatically indexed when it is specified as a foreign key? Do I need explicitly add an index for f ?

Answer 1

No, it is a constraint, not an index.

see Are foreign keys indexed automatically in SQL Server?

Answer 2

No index is created so yes, you need add explicitly add an index.

Edited to add... I probably ought to add that the source table/column for the data in table T must have a unique index. If you try and make an FK to a column that isn't a unique index (either as a PK or with a UNIQUE constraint), the FK can't be created.

Answer 3

In case of the foreign key constraint, the foreign key f in table T would be a primary key in the referenced table say T2. In SQL Server a clustered index would be automatically created when T2 got created.

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