Reading and understanding database execution plans

Following a Plan

Conclusions

Administrators and SQL developers need to master execution plans, purely because of what an execution plan can reveal about a database. The execution plan is an important tool that can help you identify and promptly fix the causes of database performance issues.

The Author

As an author, trainer, and coach Markus Winand specializes in helping developers cope with SQL performance issues. He also published the book SQL Performance Explained and tweets his best performance tips on @SQLPerfTips .

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