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 ...

Data statistics can have a huge impact on both whether an index is used, and also how it is used. In this article we examine these statistics, in particular identifying if they are up to date, since ...

In the split second it takes for a card payment to clear, a fintech database may execute thousands of database operations supporting payment authorization, fraud checks, and balance updates. In ...