TheSQLGuru (7/30/2015)
4) A minor correction to what Grant said: the leading percent won't prevent index use. It will just prevent index SEEKs.
Very true and worth noting.
A pretty hefty percentage of the time though, if you're just scanning the index, might as well not have it.
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