Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...
Databases are the most common cause of poor application performance, making performance optimization critical for any production database, according to Guy Harrison, co-author of a new book, titled ...
As with everything, there are trade-offs when it comes to indexes. That said, this discussion focuses on query optimi­zation by looking at table indexes or the lack thereof. A sign of a good database ...
Automatic tuning will be turned on by default for the SQL Database service running in the Microsoft Azure cloud, starting early next year. Though it's been available since early last year, automatic ...
Database system optimisation and tuning encompass a multifaceted approach to enhancing the performance, reliability, and scalability of data management systems. Contemporary research integrates ...
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) technologies like Entity Framework can drastically simplify the programming model against databases, but when done carelessly, performance can suffer. To keep that from ...