Performance & Indexing

  1. 🚧 Sargability Deep Dive β€” Seek vs scan, avoid functions on indexed columns.
  2. 🚧 Index Basics β€” Clustered vs nonclustered, included columns.
  3. 🚧 Covering & Filtered Indexes β€” Cover hot queries; filter for selective subsets.
  4. 🚧 Statistics & Sniffing β€” Cardinality, auto-stats, parameter sniffing overview.
  5. 🚧 Execution Plans 101 β€” Operators, estimates vs actual, common shapes.
  6. 🚧 Temp Tables vs Table Variables β€” When to use #temp vs @table; indexing and stats.