Databases
Sargable
A predicate that can use an index seek - the indexed column appears bare, not wrapped in a function.
Why interviewers ask about it
WHERE YEAR(created) = 2026 scans; the date-range rewrite seeks. Same for a leading-wildcard LIKE. This is the most common accidental full scan.
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