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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SQL DBAs (database administrators) are always looking for ways they can optimise their datasets. Even a small increase in performance can deliver dividends that translate into cost savings and ...

Redgate, the Database DevOps solutions provider, is launching upgrades to its SQL Server performance monitoring tool, strengthening its query tuning and optimization functions to facilitate enhanced ...

DBSophic, an innovative provider of performance management products for SQL Server based applications, announced that the company's Qure Analyzer solution has been ...

Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008 Your email has been sent Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option ...

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I am contributing to the effort of optimizing our SQL 2000 server where I work. The downside is--I'm a novice (but quickly learning) when it comes to SQL 2000 tuning. One of the areas that I want to ...