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...
Delve inside the core SQL Server engineand put that knowledge to workwith 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 changesand 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 trackingfrom 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 planor 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
ForewordIntroduction Chapter 1: SQL Server 2008 Architecture and ConfigurationChapter 2: Change Tracking, Tracing, and Extended EventsChapter 3: Databases and Database FilesChapter 4: Logging and RecoveryChapter 5: TablesChapter 6: Indexes: Internals and ManagementChapter 7: Special StorageChapter 8: The Query OptimizerChapter 9: Plan Caching and RecompilationChapter 10: Transactions and ConcurrencyChapter 11: DBCC InternalsAppendix : About the Authors