What this means is that the best execution plan for a parameter value of 1 or 2 would be for SQL Server to do an index seek operation against the SupplierID column (which happens to be indexed ...

However, there are any number of queries in any application that SQL Server may never see again (at least in, for example, the next 24 hours). The plans for these "one-time" queries are taking up ...

In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft also added the query store, which helps track query performance and execution plans over time. While the query store is a fantastic tool for monitoring query ...