SQL Performance Tuning

Tips, tricks, rules, and principles for improving the performance of any SQL database

• All techniques tested against the eight most widely-used databases: DB2, Informix, Ingres, InterBase, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase
• The only book like it - all other books on database tuning cover just one variety of SQL
• A very practical guide to making databases run faster and better

Audience:

Database administrators and developers, with a basic understanding of SQL.

User level:

Intermediate

Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer are the principles of Ocelot Computer Services Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, providing database consulting services for over a decade. They are frequent contributors to magazines and web sites. They are the authors of three previous books, SQL-99 Complete, Optimizing SQL, and Optimizing C with Assembly Code.