SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization

Get well-versed with ready-to-use techniques for creating high-performance queries and applications

Key Features

• Speed up queries and dramatically improve application performance by both understanding query engine internals and practical query optimization
• Understand how the query optimizer works
• Learn about intelligent query processing and what is new in SQL Server 2022

Book Description

What you will learn

• Troubleshoot queries using methods including extended events, SQL Trace, and dynamic management views
• Understand how the execution engine and query operators work
• Speed up queries and improve app performance by creating the right indexes
• Detect and fix cardinality estimation errors by examining query optimizer statistics
• Monitor and promote both plan caching and plan reuse to improve app performance
• Troubleshoot and improve query performance by using the Query Store
• Improve the performance of data warehouse queries by using columnstore indexes
• Handle query processor limitations with hints and other methods

Who this book is for

This book is for SQL Server developers who are struggling with slow query execution, database administrators who are tasked with troubleshooting slow application performance, and database architects who design SQL Server databases in support of line-of-business and data warehousing applications.