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Why You Don’t Get Parallelism When You Ask for The Whole Table

· Brentozar · Oct. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
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The post discusses the limitations of SQL Server in parallelizing queries for large datasets, using the example of attempting to retrieve all user IDs from a large Stack Overflow database. It highlights the technical constraints and offers insights on effective query planning and optimization.
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