USE tempdb; GO DROP TABLE t; GO CREATE TABLE t(i int UNIQUE, j int, vc varchar(100)); CREATE INDEX t_vc ON t(vc); GO DECLARE @p1 int, @p2 int, @p3 int, @p4 int, @p5 int; SELECT * FROM t WHERE i IN (@p1, @p2, @p3, @p4, @p5); GO DECLARE @p1 int, @p2 int, @p3 int, @p4 int, @p5 int; SELECT * FROM t WITH (FORCESEEK) WHERE i IN (@p1, @p2, @p3, @p4, @p5); GO SELECT * FROM t WHERE vc LIKE 'Test%'; GO SELECT * FROM t WITH (FORCESEEK) WHERE vc LIKE 'Test%'; GO DECLARE @vc varchar(100); SELECT * FROM t WHERE vc LIKE @vc; GO DECLARE @vc varchar(100); SELECT * FROM t WITH (FORCESEEK) where vc like @vc; GO