Queries not running fast enough? Tired of the phone calls from frustrated users? Grant Fritchey's bookSQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning is the answer to your SQL Server query performance problems. The book is revised to cover the very latest in performance optimization features and techniques. It is current with SQL Server 2012. It provides the tools you need to approach your queries with performance in mind. SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning leads you through understanding the causes of poor performance, how to identify them, and how to fix them. You'll learn to be proactive in establishing performance baselines using tools like Performance Monitor and Extended Events. You'll learn to recognize bottlenecks and defuse them before the phone rings. You'll learn some quick solutions too, but emphasis is on designing for performance and getting it right, and upon heading off trouble before it occurs. Delight your users. Silence that ringing phone. Put the principles and lessons from SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning into practice today. Establish performance baselines and monitor against them Troubleshoot and eliminate bottlenecks that frustrate users Plan ahead to achieve the right level of performance What you'll learn Establish performance baselines and monitor against them Recognize and eliminate bottlenecks leading to slow performance Deploy quick fixes when needed, following up with long term solutions Implement best-practices in T-SQL so as to minimize performance risk Design in the performance that you need through careful query and index design Take advantage of the very latest performance optimization features in SQL Server 2012 Who this book is for

SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning is aimed at developers and database administrators having responsibility for application performance in SQL Server environments. Programmers and administrators alike will find the book a trove of good insight into bottlenecks, how to recognize them, how to eliminated them. SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning provides the tools and techniques readers need to create good-performing applications that delight their users. Table of Contents SQL Query Performance Tuning System Performance Analysis SQL Query Performance Analysis Index Analysis Database Engine Tuning Advisor Lookup Analysis Statistics Analysis Fragmentation Analysis Execution Plan Analysis Query Recompilation Analysis Query Design Analysis Blocking Analysis Deadlock Analysis Cursor Cost Analysis Testing Query Performance Database Workload Optimization SQL Server Optimization Checklist

SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled presents a direct troubleshooting methodology for identifying poorly-performing stored procedures and queries, isolating the causes of that poor performance, and fixing the underlying problems. Each chapter is dedicated to one of the top causes of poorly performing queries and shows methods for identifying and dealing with the problems in that chapter's domain. Emphasis is always put upon or placed upon practical methods that you can put to immediate use in your daytoday work. SQL Server 2008 functionality, tips, and tricks are emphasized in each subject area.Emphasizes the practical. Does not bury readers in theory. Gives readers practical techniques to immediately apply in their daily work. Dedicates a chapter to each of the most common, performancerelated problem areas. What you'll learn Identify and fix poorly performing queries that are hurting your business. Read query execution plans and identify bottlenecks in performance. Record system performance metrics for trend analysis. Learn to design databases and write TransactSQL code to avoid common problems. Understand what an index is, what it does, and how to build one. Use industry accepted best practices and understand how to develop your own to arrive at optimal database performance. Who this book is for

SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled is aimed at anyone writing businesscritical TransactSQL queries, and also at those responsible for the continued good performance of those queries. Developers, database administrators, business intelligence analysts, and any others who develop TransactSQL queries will find this book an indispensable resource for getting the most out of what SQL Server 2008 has to offer.

Many SQL Server-based applications perform far below expectation-costing money and time. And until now, there has been very little practical information available that explains how to identify and cure performance problems in SQL Server. But this book offers essential content to fill in the gap.The second edition includes updated material plus one new chapter, and explains how to design and tune SQL Server applications to cope with ever-increasing workloads. With proven strategy, this book shows how to use SQL Server tools to identify a performance bottleneck, isolate the root cause, apply possible resolutions, and then quantify performance improvements. Also covered are crucial issues like index analysis and tuning, preventing deadlocks, optimizing workload, and minimizing costs.