March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
784 pages
30h 30m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Internals
by Paul Randal Kalen Delaney Kimberly Tripp, and Conor Cunningham
Overview
Delve inside the core SQL Server engine—and put that
knowledge to work—with guidance from a team of well-known
internals experts. Whether database developer, architect, or
administrator, you’ll gain the deep knowledge you need to
exploit key architectural changes—and capture the
product’s full potential. Discover how SQL Server works
behind the scenes, including:
What happens internally when SQL Server builds, expands, shrinks, and moves databases
How to use event tracking—from triggers to the Extended Events Engine
Why the right indexes can drastically reduce your query execution time
How to transcend normal row-size limits with new storage capabilities
How the Query Optimizer operates
Multiple techniques for troubleshooting problematic query plans
When to force SQL Server to reuse a cached query plan—or create a new one
What SQL Server checks internally when running DBCC
How to choose among five isolation levels and two concurrency models when working with multiple concurrent users