The Essential Guide to SQL Statement Optimization

Written by Oracle ACE Director and MySQL expert Ronald Bradford, Effective MySQL: Optimizing SQL Statements is filled with detailed explanations and practical examples that can be applied immediately to improve database and application performances. Featuring a step-by-step approach to SQL optimization, this Oracle Press book helps you to analyze and tune problematic SQL statements.

Identify the essential analysis commands for gathering and diagnosing issues

Learn how different index theories are applied and represented in MySQL

Plan and execute informed SQL optimizations

Create MySQL indexes to improve query performance

Master the MySQL query execution plan

Identify key configuration variables that impact SQL execution and performance

Apply the SQL optimization lifecycle to capture, identify, confirm, analyze, and optimize SQL statements and verify the results

Improve index utilization with covering indexes and partial indexes

Learn hidden performance tips for improving index efficiency and simplifying SQL statements