• It can read any page that is in the database. Like with all other operations that read pages, it will read the page from cache. If the page isn't in cache, it's brought into cache first and then read.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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