For this reason, SQL Server stores execution plans in a cache (called the plan cache), so that the stored execution plan is reused for subsequent executions of a given query. These cached ...

Data Partitioning in SQL Server was introduced in the 2005 release. This was a feature that had been in Oracle and IBM’s DB2 for a while, but Microsoft is positioning to compete in the VLDB ...

In this session, we’re setting up a coding crime lab to investigate plan change. Because running SQL statements ... pick the wrong execution plan. We’ll explore how Foglight Performance Investigator ...