Benjamin Nevarez

Benjamin Nevarez is a database professional based in Los Angeles, California. He has more than 15 years of experience with relational databases and has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. Benjamin has been the technical editor of the two latest Kalen Delaney’s books including “SQL Server 2008 Internals”. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and has been a speaker at several technology conferences, including the PASS Community Summit. you can read Benjamin’s blog at www.benjaminnevarez.com.

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Inside the SQL Server Query Optimizer

This book will take you from the fundamentals of Statistics, Cost Estimation, Index Selection, and the Execution Engine, and guide you through the inner workings of the Query Optimization process, and throws in a pragmatic look at Parameterization and Hints along the way.

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2017-02-06

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