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 ...

**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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data. Here are some third-party alternatives. I get to work with a lot of customers, so I get to see a lot of ...

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 ...