The Zombie Survival Guide to Database Performance Tuning

You know that feeling of banging your head against a SQL query or an entire database for minutes – then hours – and watching your day vanish and feeling your brain turn to mush?

Nobody wants you to be a database zombie.

That’s why we’ve pulled together a few decades of our experience in improving database performance to bring you this guide. You’ll find six steps on database tuning, with plenty for both newbies and old hands to latch onto and learn from. We’ve also included a section with variations for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL and PostgreSQL.