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 ...

This fine tome provides a treasure trove of tips for improving SQL performance on all of the major database systems. It does not teach SQL syntax, but instead helps the reader to understand the ...

Database professionals agree – SQL Server performance tuning is hard. And on top of that, it never stops because complex database environments are always changing with upgrades, application updates ...

Gregory Mikolay, a Senior Oracle Developer based in Salt Lake City, Utah, outlines what individuals should expect over the next year across Oracle PL/SQL development, SQL performance tuning, and ...

Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation. In a previous TechRepublic column about SQL Server ...