Ronald Bradford是一位在關係型數據庫領域擁有20多年豐富經驗的專傢。他擁有深厚的專業背景以及10年以上Ingres和Oracle係統的工作知識，在過去12年中他緻力於MySQL——世界上最流行的開源數據庫的發展。他曾在2009年被提名為MySQL社區成員和2010年的Oracle ACE Director，其谘詢領域的專傢背景以及多次在國際會議上的發言也為他贏得瞭廣泛的國際知名度。他還是Planet MySQL(2010)最受歡迎的個人MySQL技術博客作者，並且是清華大學齣版社引進並齣版的《PHP+MySQL專傢編程》一書的作者之一。

MySQL在被Oracle公司收購之後成為主要的數據庫解決方案，並獲得瞭更多社區推廣的機會。Ronald是世界範圍的Oracle用戶組中最受歡迎的MySQL的受邀發言人，該用戶組的範圍遍及北美、南美、歐洲以及亞太地區。

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