Object storage integration SQL Server 2022 (16.x) introduces new object storage integration to the data platform, enabling you to integrate SQL Server with S3-compatible object storage, in addition to Azure Sto
Let’s look at another GUID function available in SQL Server – NEWSEQUENTIALID. This function creates a GUID that is greater than any GUID previously created by this function on the same machine since Windows started. This mechanism of generating continuously higher values is a great fit when GU...
Experience and performance are improved when upgrading from SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, and SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2017 Master Data Services. You can now view the sorted lists of entities, collections and hierarchies in the Explorer page of the Web application. Performance is ...
Concurrent PFS updates Page Free Space (PFS) pages are special pages within a database file that SQL Server uses to help locate free space when it allocates space for an object. Page latch contention on PFS pages is commonly associated with TempDB, but it can also occur on user databases ...
In this article Overview SQL Server 2025 changes Version and edition requirements Usage scenarios Show 3 more Applies to: SQL Server A distributed availability group (AG) is a special type of availability group that spans two separate availability groups. Distri...
'Incorrect syntax near' error while executing dynamic sql 'INSERT EXEC' within a function did not work 'Sort' in exuction plan is showing more than 90 % cost, what to do? 'TRY_CONVERT' is not a recognized built-in functi...
For information about availability groups on Linux, see Availability groups for SQL Server on Linux.In an HA configuration, a cluster role is created for every availability group that you create. The WSFC cluster monitors this role to evaluate the health of the primary replica. The quorum for ...
For information about availability groups on Linux, see Availability groups for SQL Server on Linux.In an HA configuration, a cluster role is created for every availability group that you create. The WSFC cluster monitors this role to evaluate the health of the primary replica. The quorum for ...
Rowset functions Return an object that can be used like table references in a SQL statement. Scalar functions Operate on a single value and then return a single value. Scalar functions can be used wherever an expression is valid. Categories of scalar functions Expand table Function categoryDescr...
Since the data dictionary contains the definition of the database, it is a really good resource for you to use to gain information about the database. What I like is it contains information about tables and views. This makes it a great resource to look up information. In fact, this means...