Three important tools are now integrated into SQL Server 2000’s Query Analyzer. SQL Trace lets you trace code directly from a query window, without running the Profiler.

SQL Server 2016 offers a new tool for performance tuning called Query Store. This holds metrics that let you quickly see when an execution plan change has negatively impacted the database.

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or ...

While the last two versions of SQL Server focused on improving performance by offering new features, SQL Server 2016 looks inwards towards improving existing functionality.

Denny's SQL Secrets Troubleshoot Slow-Running Queries In SQL Server Denny breaks down how to identify and fix speed issues in multiple versions of SQL Server. By Denny Cherry 12/11/2013 ...

However, there are any number of queries in any application that SQL Server may never see again (at least in, for example, the next 24 hours). The plans for these "one-time" queries are taking up ...

SQL Server 2022 has more Intelligent Query Processing features to speed up existing workloads and database applications with what Khan calls “minimal implementation effort.” ...

Start SQL Server Query Tool Click the Start button and launch the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Click the Server Name menu and choose your server from the drop-down list. Click Connect.

I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 ...