Which is better: Bookmark/Key Lookup or Index Scan
问题 I know that an index seek is better than an index scan , but which is preferable in SQL Server explain plans: Index seek or Key Lookup (Bookmark in SQL Server 2000)? Please tell me they didn't change the name again for SQL Server 2008... 回答1: Index seek, every time. Lookups are expensive, so this is covering indexes and especially the INCLUDE clause was added to make them better. Saying that if you expect exactly one row, for example, a seek followed a lookup can be better than trying to