Developers often dismiss dynamic SQL used in PL/SQL programs for two reasons. One reason is that it's riskier because the SQL statements aren't parsed until runtime, so it's more difficult to catch ...

Testing and tuning SQL is an often-overlooked aspect of incorporating the database into your DevOps pipeline. It is important to be able to analyze and optimize SQL performance within your application ...

Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

Maximize your SQL Server performance – right now! Optimizing SQL Server performance is challenging work. And while you can find a lot of info on general performance problems, there hasn’t been much ...

There are plenty of ways to get the most out of SQL Server without just upgrading to the latest version. For database admins working with older (maybe much older) SQL Server systems, here are four ...

From query optimization to AI integration, SQL skills are adapting to meet the needs of modern analytics and engineering. Techniques like indexing, joins, and AI-driven insights improve performance ...

New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution—turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

In today’s world of larger-then-ever software applications, users still expect real-time data and software that can process data at blazing speeds. With the advent of broadband access, users have ...