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...
Enable grouping by a column derived from a scalar subselect or a function that is either not deterministic or has external access. Reference the resulting table multiple times in the same statement.CIt can not be used with CTE.Clauses like ORDER BY, INTO, OPTION clause with query hints, FOR...
concurrent object allocation threads. This improvement changes the way that concurrency is managed with PFS updates so that they can be updated under a shared latch, rather than an exclusive latch. This behavior is on by default in all databases (includingtempdb) starting with SQL Server 2019 (...
One common task that everyone who deploys SQL Server has to account for is making sure that all mission critical SQL Server instances and the databases within them are available whenever the business and end users need them. Availability is a key pillar of the SQL Server platform, and SQL ...
Starting with SQL Server 2019 (15.x), batch mode is enabled on eligible analytical workloads whose queries include operations with any type of index (rowstore or columnstore). See Batch mode on rowstore. Scalar UDF Inlining Automatically transforms scalar UDFs into relational expressions and embeds...
concurrent object allocation threads. This improvement changes the way that concurrency is managed with PFS updates so that they can be updated under a shared latch, rather than an exclusive latch. This behavior is on by default in all databases (includingtempdb) starting with SQL Server 2019 (...
concurrent object allocation threads. This improvement changes the way that concurrency is managed with PFS updates so that they can be updated under a shared latch, rather than an exclusive latch. This behavior is on by default in all databases (includingtempdb) starting with SQL Server 2019 (...
Tabular mode is now the default installation option for SQL Server Analysis Services in CTP 2.0. Note: this also applies to installations from the command line. Please see this document for further information on how to set up automated installations of Analysis Services from th...
Aggregate functions T-SQL provides include: APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT, AVG, CHECKSUM_AGG, COUNT, COUNT_BIG, GROUPING, GROUPING_ID, MAX, MIN, STDEV, STDEVP, STRING_AGG, SUM, VAR, and VARP. Scalar Functions Unlike aggregate functions, scalar functions will only operate on a single value and return...
Identifiers: Identifiers are the names of the database objects like table name, schema name, function name, etc. Clauses: Clauses forms the components of SQL statements and queries such as WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY. Expression: Expressions in SQL produce either scalar values, or colu...