Exploring the Varbinary Type
A brief look at the Varbinary data type and its uses in SQL Server for beginners.
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I am executing a simple query/stored procedure from my application against a large table and it's taking a long time to execute. The column I'm using in my WHERE clause is indexed and it's very selective. The search column is not wrapped in a function so that's not the issue. What could be going wrong?
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