January 2002
Beginner
576 pages
13h 23m
English
In the last chapter, you learned how to overcome limitations of queries. This chapter explores ways to make queries faster and more efficient. You also explore SQL-specific queries. In particular, you learn the following:
how to optimize your queries
how compacting optimizes your database
how indexing speeds up queries
how to avoid aggregate functions
how to include only fields that are needed
why using smaller data types helps optimization
why using outer joins sparingly helps optimization
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