B.7 Putting the Example in Perspective


Most queries are just this easy to tune, once you master the method this book describes. Usually, a missing index or some trivial problem in the SQL is the only thing obstructing the optimizer from delivering the optimum execution plan you choose, or a plan so close to optimum as not to matter. You rarely need the elaborate special techniques covered at the end of Chapter 6 and throughout Chapter 7.

However, when you do need the special-case techniques, you really need them!


The primary value of the method is that it leads you quickly to a single answer you can be completely confident in, without any nagging worries that long trial and error might just lead you to something better. When the method leads you to a super-fast query, you find little argument. When the method leads to a slower result than you'd like (usually for a query that returns thousands of rows), you need to know that the slower result really is the best you can do without stepping outside the SQL-tuning box. The outside-the-box solutions for these slower queries tend to be inconvenient. It's invaluable to know with complete confidence when these inconvenient solutions are truly necessary. You need to justify this confidence without endless, futile attempts to tune the original SQL by trial and error, and with solid arguments to make your case for more difficult solutions when needed.



SQL Tuning
SQL Tuning
ISBN: 0596005733
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 110
Authors: Dan Tow

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