Video:
SET Commands for Performance Tuning and Query Execution Statistics
Skill
level:
300 (Intermediate)
Run Time:
21:16
Instructor:
Scott Whigham
Description:
This is a rather length video (over 21 minutes) due to the in-depth explanations and demos of each of the
SET options available for performance tuning and optimizing queries. This video is valid for both SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000
with highlights on the new features available in SQL Server 2005.
Highlights from this video:
- SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 SET Commands for optimization and tuning
- Difference between STATISTICS and SHOWPLAN
- SET STATISTICS IO and SET STATISTICS TIME
- The new SET STATISTICS XML
- SET SHOWPLAN choices (SHOWPLAN_ALL, SHOWPLAN_TEXT)
- SET STATISTICS PROFILE
- Detailed explanations of stats output
- Comparisons between graphical show plan and text showplan
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Scott Whigham
Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive
video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced
consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working
with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio,
and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries,
and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most
re...
(Scott's full bio can be found here)
NOTE: This video is part of our
SQL Server 2005 Database Administration course.
This video is from Chapter
11:
Monitoring and Performance Tuning SQL Server