We have a sql query as follows
select * from Table where date < 20091010
However when we look at the query plan, we see
The type of query is SELECT.
FROM TABLE
Worktable1.
Nested iteration.
Table Scan.
Forward scan.
Positioning at start of table.
Using I/O Size 32 Kbytes for data pages.
With MRU Buffer Replacement Strategy for data pages.
which seems to suggest that a full table scan is done. Why is the index not used?