In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

In part 1 of my SQL Server 2022 features series, you learned about the improvements to the cardinality estimator component of query optimization. In this installment, you will learn about another ...

In addition, improvements to the query optimizer, through features, such as Intelligent Query processing, fixes to Scalar UDFs available without any changes to your code, and further improvements to ...

She also wrote the SQL sequel (sorry couldn’t resist that one) although “Inside SQL Server 2005” was actually split into several books of which she wrote two: The Storage Engine and Query ...