Why the SQL Server FORCESCAN hint exists

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Published on Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:00:00 UT Indexed on 2014/08/20 10:28 UTC
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It is often generalized that seeks are better than scans in terms of retrieving data from SQL Server. The index hint FORCESCAN was recently introduced so that you could coerce the optimizer to perform a scan instead of a seek. Which might lead you to wonder: Why would I ever want a scan instead of a seek?

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