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09. Seeks, Scans, and Sargability (9m)

SQL Server uses statistics for a lot of things, but one of the most valuable is determining whether it should seek or scan a particular index or scan. The stats aren’t always useful, though, especially if your T-SQL isn’t sargable.

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08. 10 Rules for Managing Statistics (12m) 10. How Execution Plans are Made (10m)

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Statistics: SQL Server’s Guessing Game
  • 01. A Tale of Two Plans (7m)
  • 02. Getting to Know Statistics (15m)
  • 03. Combining Multiple Single-Column Statistics (8m)
  • 04. Multi-Column Statistics and the Cardinality Estimators (14m)
  • 05. What Is the Cardinality Estimator? (5m)
  • 06. Filtered Statistics: ENHANCE! (15m)
  • 07. The Ascending Key Problem (11m)
  • 08. 10 Rules for Managing Statistics (12m)
  • 09. Seeks, Scans, and Sargability (9m)
  • 10. How Execution Plans are Made (10m)

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