%0 Journal Article %T Optimizing queries in SQL Server 2008 %A Ion LUNGU %A Nicolae MERCIOIU %A Victor VLADUCU %J Scientific Bulletin : Economic Sciences %D 2010 %I University of Pitesti %X Starting from the need to develop efficient IT systems, we intend to review theoptimization methods and tools that can be used by SQL Server database administratorsand developers of applications based on Microsoft technology, focusing on the latestversion of the proprietary DBMS, SQL Server 2008. We¡¯ll reflect on the objectives tobe considered in improving the performance of SQL Server instances, we will tackle themostly used techniques for analyzing and optimizing queries and we will describe the¡°Optimize for ad hoc workloads¡±, ¡°Plan Freezing¡± and ¡°Optimize for unknown" newoptions, accompanied by relevant code examples. %K Query %K %K SQL Server 2008 %K Optimization %U http://economic.upit.ro/repec/pdf/I2.pdf