{"id":700,"date":"2009-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/sql-server-execution-plans-ebook-download\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:44:19","slug":"sql-server-execution-plans-ebook-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/free-stuff\/sql-server-execution-plans-ebook-download\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Execution Plans &#8211; eBook Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div id=\"pretty\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simple-talk.com\/RedGateBooks\/GrantFritchey\/SQL_Server_Execution_Plans.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported\/821-ExecutionPlansCover.jpg\" width=\"156\" class=\"float-left\" alt=\"821-ExecutionPlansCover.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;<\/i><em>Every day, out in the various SQL Server forums, the same types of questions come up again and again: why is this query running slow? Why isn&#8217;t my index getting used? And on and on. In order to arrive at the answer you have to ask the same return question in each case: have you looked at the execution plan?&#8221;<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>Grant Fritchey, Author.<\/p>\n<h1><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simple-talk.com\/RedGateBooks\/GrantFritchey\/SQL_Server_Execution_Plans.pdf\">SQL Server Execution Plans (link to eBook download &#8211; 12MB)<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chapter 01<\/strong>: Execution Plan Basics  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 02<\/strong>: Reading Graphical Execution Plans for Basic Queries  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 03<\/strong>: Text and XML Execution Plans for Basic Queries  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 04<\/strong>: Understanding More Complex Query Plans  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 05<\/strong>: Controlling Execution Plans with Hints  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 06<\/strong>: Cursor Operations  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 07<\/strong>: XML in Execution Plans  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 08<\/strong>: Advanced Topics <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Book Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Paperback: 250 pages  <\/li>\n<li>Publisher: Red Gate Books <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is my query running slow? Why isn&#8217;t my index getting used? In order to answer these questions, you have to ask the same return question in each case: have you looked at the execution plan? Grant Fritchey provides the only dedicated and detailed guide to this essential topic. Download the eBook.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,143529],"tags":[4239,4373,5049,4206,4150,4151,5050],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-stuff","category-performance-sql-server","tag-free-ebook","tag-free-stuff","tag-grant-fritchey","tag-performance","tag-sql","tag-sql-server","tag-sql-server-execution-plans"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91215,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions\/91215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}