Microsoft SQL Server: Planning and Building a High Performance Database

by Robert D. Schneider

Programmers, analysts, and database and systems administrators will discover the strategies that lead to a successful index, including structure, columns, keys, data types, and clustering; how to minimize network traffic with joins, batches, searches, and tables; the secrets of disk management and replication to optimize the database engine's design; the essentials of a successful testing environment; and planning strategies for an effective roll-out. The disk contains SQL Replay, a performance monitor designed specifically for Microsoft SQL. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

582 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 1996

About the author

Robert D. Schneider has more than 15 years of experience developing and delivering sophisticated software solutions worldwide. He has provided database optimization, distributed computing, and other technical expertise to a wide variety of enterprises in the financial, technology, and government sectors. Clients have included Chase Manhattan Bank, VISA, HP, SWIFT, and the governments of the United States, Brazil, and Malaysia.

He is the author of Optimizing Informix Applications and Microsoft SQL Server: Planning and Building a High Performance Database. He has also written numerous articles on technical and professional services topics.