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 ...

Query tuning is key to peak performance in SQL Server databases. However, lots of developers and DBAs constantly struggle to pinpoint the root cause of performance issues and spend way too much time ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. “SQL Performance Tuning” is a book that will take the ...

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 ...