http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/tags/Skewed+Data/statistics/default.aspxTags: Skewed Data, statisticsenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/12/17/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-iii-sql-server-2008.aspxThu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:20058Elisabeth Redei1http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/comments/20058.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/commentrss.aspx?PostID=20058In 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...(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/12/17/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-iii-sql-server-2008.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20058" width="1" height="1">query performanceSkewed Datastatisticshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/08/10/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-ii.aspxMon, 10 Aug 2009 12:29:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:15921Elisabeth Redei1http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/comments/15921.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/commentrss.aspx?PostID=15921Lies 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...(<a href="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/elisabeth_redei/archive/2009/08/10/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-part-ii.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=15921" width="1" height="1">Actual RowsEstimated RowshistogramSkewed Datastatistics