The Slow Queries

The Slow Queries. When you debug an instance you can either enable SQL debugging to look for slow queries or you can look for slow queries by checking the Slow Queries sys_query_pattern table by navigating to System Diagnostics Stats Slow Queries. The advantage of the slow query log is that you can instantly inspect a slow query.

The slow query log can be used to find queries that take a long time to execute and are therefore candidates for optimization. Start monitoring the slow query logfile. The slow query log can be used to find queries that take a long time to execute and are.

It lists data with the slowest performing first.

In the slow queries section a list of queries is displayed in the left hand side table. In SQL 2005 you can use management views to find slow running queries. Debugging SQL and slow queries can help you resolve slowness issues in an instance. Slow queries are those that take more time measured in seconds than they should based on the value stored in the server variable long_query_time.