Analyzing the Impact of Cardinality Estimation on Execution Plans in Microsoft SQL Server
Summary: Empirical study of cardinality-estimation effects on plan quality in Microsoft SQL Server using complex real-world queries (aggregates, outer joins, subqueries) and both row- and column-oriented layouts. Introduces a sensitivity analysis that selectively supplies accurate subexpression cardinalities while injecting graded errors, and evaluates runtime mitigations (bitmap filtering, adaptive joins). (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Kukjin Lee (Microsoft)
- 2. Anshuman Dutt (Microsoft)
- 3. Vivek Narasayya (Microsoft)
- 4. Surajit Chaudhuri (Microsoft)
BibTeX Citation
@article{lee_vldb23,
title = {{Analyzing the Impact of Cardinality Estimation on Execution Plans in Microsoft SQL Server}},
author = {Lee, Kukjin and Dutt, Anshuman and Narasayya, Vivek and Chaudhuri, Surajit},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '23},
volume = {16},
number = {11},
pages = {2871--2883},
doi = {10.14778/3611479.3611494},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3611479.3611494},
year = {2023}
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