Tips for using SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (Part 1) Integration Services (SSIS) were first introduced in SQL Server 2005 and replace the Data Transformation Services (DTS). By using the SSIS you can load data into or out from SQL Server relational databases or data warehousing. In this article, you can find some tips to boost the SQL Server 2012...
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SQL Server 2012 DBCC Optimization Tips (Part 2)
SQL Server 2012 DBCC Optimization Tips (Part 2) Consider using the NOINDEX option with DBCC CHECKDB and DBCC CHECKTABLE command. This option specifies that intensive checks of nonclustered indexes for user tables should not be performed. Using the NOINDEX option decreases the execution time and should be used whenever possible. If you need to run DBCC CHECKDB or DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP...
Tips for using SQL Server 2012 configuration options
Tips for using SQL Server 2012 configuration options One of the ways to optimize SQL Server 2012 performance is setting the appropriate server configuration options. You can set these options by using the SQL Server Management Studio or the sp_configure system stored procedure. SQL Server 2012 configuration options may be separated to two categories: – Options that take effect immediately...
Tips for using indexes in SQL Server 2012
Tips for using indexes in SQL Server 2012 Keep your indexes as narrow as possible. Because each index takes disk space try to minimize the index key’s size to avoid using superfluous disk space. This reduces the number of reads required to read the index and boost overall index performance. Check that index you tried to create does not already...
Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables
Tips for designing SQL Server 2012 tables Try to reduce the number of columns in a table. The fewer the number of columns in a table, the less space the table will use, since more rows will fit on a single data page, and less I/O overhead will be required to access the table’s data. Use char/varchar columns instead of...
SQL Server 2012 Profiler Optimization Tips
SQL Server 2012 Profiler Optimization Tips SQL Server 2012 Profiler is a graphical user interface for monitoring an instance of the Database Engine or Analysis Services. SQL Server Profiler allows to capture and save data about each event to a file or table to analyze later. In this article, you can find some tips to performance tune and optimize SQL...
Tips for using ASP.NET with SQL Server 2012
Tips for using ASP.NET with SQL Server 2012 Try to avoid using ADO methods to access SQL Server data in your ASP. Use SQL Server 2012 stored procedures instead of ADO methods. By doing so, you can reduce network traffic and boost overall ASP.NET performance. If you use ADO to access SQL Server data in your ASP.NET, try to avoid...
Managing DB2 for z/OS Application Performance
Managing DB2 for z/OS Application Performance By Craig S. Mullins Applications that access databases are only as good as the performance they achieve. And every user wants their software to run as fast as possible. As such, performance tuning and management is one of the biggest demands on the DBA’s time. When asked what is the single most important or...
SQL Server 2012 Temporary Tables Optimization Tips
SQL Server 2012 Temporary Tables Optimization Tips Use local temporary tables instead of SQL Server 2012 cursors. Because using temporary tables usually are more efficient than using cursors, you should use temporary tables instead of cursors whenever possible. Try to avoid using temporary tables inside your stored procedure. Using temporary tables inside stored procedure reduces the chance to reuse the...
SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Optimization Tips
SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Optimization Tips Try to restrict the queries result set by using the WHERE clause. This can results in good performance benefits, because SQL Server will return to client only particular rows, not all rows from the table(s). This can reduce network traffic and boost the overall performance of the query. Avoid using optimizer hints in your...