Filtered index condition is ignored by optimizer

Question

Assume I\'m running a website that shows funny cat pictures. I have a table called CatPictures with the columns Filename, Awesomeness,

Answer 1

Just found that "gap in functionality", it's really sad that filtered indexes are ignored by optimizer. I think I'll try to use indexed views for that, take a look at this article

http://www.sqlperformance.com/2013/04/t-sql-queries/optimizer-limitations-with-filtered-indexes