As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

Often, designing databases and speeding up SQL Server queries are treated as a kind of abstract problem: A just "Find this problem, apply this solution" approach to problem solving. In practice, ...

This book aims to improve the performance of your SQL Server queries by optimizing your configuration settings, how does it fare? Benjamin Nevarez concentrates on improving the performance of your SQL ...

Although there was significant fanfare surrounding SQL Server Query Store's initial release in SQL Server 2016, many companies have been hesitant about adopting the performance monitoring and ...

SQL Sentry, LLC., the developer of award-winning software for SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning, is pleased to announce that all Plan Explorer features are ...

Automatically identifying queries that are now running more slowly (i.e. regressed), and changing these to use a previously faster query plan, could prove to be a very useful feature. The chapter ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

When you use index views in the right situations, they can dramatically improve the performance of SQL Server queries. Tim Chapman explains why performance testing is the best way to tell if indexed ...

With so much hype around AI, generative AI and cybersecurity, it can be tough to generate excitement around something as ubiquitous as databases. But without that foundation, none of today’s tech – ...