Tag: Improve Query Performance

Deadlocks

SQL doctor can be used to identify the cause of deadlocks.  A deadlock is when a cyclic dependency occurs between two or more threads, processes, resources, etc.  This causes one of the processes to be declared the deadlock victim and killed so that the other process can continue.  To identify deadlocks and provide useful information [...]

Implicit Conversion Recommendation

Improve SQL Server performance by avoiding an implicit conversion in a search predicate.

Missing Join Predicate Recommendation

The ‘Missing Join Predicate’ recommendation (SDR-Q19) given by SQL doctor for a query that results in the cartesian product of two or more tables will help identify bottlenecks in TSQL to improve query performance.