In previous posts (http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/08/10/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-i.aspx  and http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/03/01/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-ii.aspx)I have talked about the performance problems that may surface because of low statistics sample rate on large ...

Lies damned lies and statistics - Part II In previous post I listed situations where your statistics might need some special attention (http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/03/01/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-i.aspx). As I mentioned in that post, the symptoms are typically related to more or less random variations in ...