Evaluating How Filtering Options Affect T-SQL Performance
The many popular rules concerning T-SQL filtering operators can't be trusted implicitly; instead, you should evaluate your options explicitly.
2008-01-14
2,792 reads
Additional Articles
SQL Server 2005 Deployment Guidance for Web Hosting Environments
SQL Server 2005 is an ideal database platform for use in shared and dedicated Web hosting environments. This paper provides best practices for configuring SQL Server 2005 to optimize security, tenant isolation, and the performance of your hosted SQL Server 2005 deployment. Sample scripts for provisioning users and databases for use in shared hosting are included.
2008-01-11
1,576 reads
SQL Server: Uncover Hidden Data to Optimize Application Performance
Many application performance problems can be traced to poorly performing database queries; however, there are many ways you can improve database performance. SQL ServerTM 2005 gathers a lot of information that you can use to identify the causes of such performance issues.
2008-01-11
3,144 reads
Custom VB.Net scripting in SQL Server Integration Services
Add a Script component and custom Visual Basic.Net (VB.Net) scripting to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages to get the full power of .Net.
2008-01-10
3,122 reads
SQL Server 2005 - Hacking password Encryption
Part 2 of this article discusses how to hack/de-cipher the data that has been encrypted by passphrase.
2008-01-10
4,751 reads
Basic SQL Server security principles you can't afford to miss
Learn how using basic SQL Server security practices of least privilege, delegated administration and separation of duties will protect SQL Server databases.
2008-01-09
3,806 reads
Test Data Generation with Data Dude
The Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (a.k.a Data Dude) was released somewhere around December 2006 helping many Database Administrators and Database Developers. The release was huge for us, because it addresses many issues faced by us.
2008-01-09
3,641 reads
Disk Space Usage and SQL Server Performance
Every extra byte of space you waste in your database causes a performance hit to your application. This article looks at disk space usage and how it affects performance.
2008-01-08
7,011 reads
Measure TSQL Statement Performance
Every developer needs to ensure that each TSQL statement is optimized. This article will give you a few different ideas on how to identify slow running queries and provide you with some tips on monitor your query performance while you make iterative changes to each query to try and improve performance.
2008-01-08
4,445 reads
Building a Localized Report on a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Service Cube Data Source
Learn how to use an Analysis Services cube as a data source by using parameterized MDX queries, as well as how to localize label strings in a report, in SQL Server 2005.
2008-01-07
2,399 reads
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