A lot of people believe that a clustered index guarantees a sort order on output. But that's not what it does; it guarantees a storage order on disk.
See, for example, this blog post, and this longer discussion.
A lot of people believe that a clustered index guarantees a sort order on output. But that's not what it does; it guarantees a storage order on disk.
See, for example, this blog post, and this longer discussion.