The optimizer is the heart and soul of a relational DBMS. It analyzes SQL statements and determines the most efficient access plan for satisfying each statement. The optimizer accomplishes this by ...

Database optimization has long relied on traditional methods that struggle with the complexities of modern data environments. These methods often fail to efficiently handle large-scale data, complex ...

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

When your SQL queries are slower than your GenAI assistant, and your only option to speed up your assistant is to speed up its slowest SQL query, then you know what it feels like to see an otherwise ...