Databases are all about queries. You store your data in them and then you have to be able to retrieve it in some way. Here come queries - you write them in some language, structured...

When in production, an application should provide a timely response to the user for the purpose of improving user interaction with your application. At times, however, database queries may start to lag hence taking a...

When working with OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) databases, query performance is paramount as it directly impacts the user experience. Slow queries mean that the application feels unresponsive and slow and this results in bad conversion...

Slow queries, inefficient queries, or long running queries are problems that regularly plague DBA's. They are always ubiquitous, yet are an inevitable part of life for anyone responsible for managing a database.  Poor database design...