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 ...

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A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2022, how does it fare? This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance from various angles, but concentrates on improvements related ...

If you've just started writing SQL Server queries, there's a good chance you probably wrote a query, saw it return the right ...

Part of the problem is that there is no magic bullet, and for almost every best practice, I can show you at least one exception. Typically, a developer finds his or her own favorite methods — though ...

**There is also a review of the 5th Edition of this book, see SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance from various angles, but concentrates on ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server 2022 features series, you learned about the improvements to the cardinality estimator component of query optimization. In this installment, you will learn about another ...

Learn how AlloyDB AI eliminates complex multi-step application code, combining vector and full-text search into a single, high-performance SQL call.

The open source Trino distributed SQL query engine has had a big year in 2021 and is gearing up for more innovation in the year to come. At the recent Trino Summit virtual event, supporters and users ...