Troubleshoot SQL Server Cardinality Estimate

Today, I will show you why good cardinality estimate is essential for an efficient execution plan and how I troubleshoot inaccurate cardinality estimates. I will use the database StackOverflow2010 to demonstrate. INSERT 50,000 rows I insert 50,000 rows with OwnerUserID 26837 into the table. Assuming this is a real life workload! DECLARE @date AS DATETIME = Getdate ( ) ; INSERT INTO posts ( body , lastactivitydate , creationdate , score , viewcount , posttypeid , ...