Answer by Bob Hovious
An index seek indicates that a query is searching the index to find a specific starting point, and only looking at a subset of the rows in the index. An index scan indicates that the entire index is...
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It really depends on the situation. If you are only accessing a single row or a few rows, a seek is a much better operation than a scan. If you're accessing large numbers of rows, then a seek is a very...
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An index seek indicates that a query is searching the index to find a specific starting point, and only looking at a subset of the rows in the index. An index scan indicates that the entire index is...
View ArticleAnswer by Grant Fritchey
It really depends on the situation. If you are only accessing a single row or a few rows, a seek is a much better operation than a scan. If you're accessing large numbers of rows, then a seek is a very...
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