Before we start building SQL statements in SQL Server, we need to understand what the basic parts of a statement are. Overall, a “statement” is something you write in SQL to get an answer from a database or to make a change to it. ...
Virtual log file growth In previous versions of SQL Server, if the next growth is more than 1/8 of the current log size, and the growth is less than 64 MB, four VLFs were created. In SQL Server 2022 (16.x), this behavior is slightly different. Only one VLF is created if the grow...
Always Encrypted: When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL Server. Dynamic Data Masking: If specified in the table definition, masked data is hidden from most users,...
Welcome to the first of three blog posts about the next releases of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and the roadmap for 2024! This first post is high-level and appropriate for anyone who uses S... was False (unchecked)Optional Strict (SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL)...
Faris Hilmi presents the highlights of the latest SQL Prompt 9.5 release, including SSMS 18 and VS 2019 support, schema filtering for code completion suggestions, new code analysis auto-fixes and more.
Across our suite, we have released all sorts of new capabilities that I cannot wait for you to try out (if you haven’t already). The one I want to call out is SSMS 20! Erin Stellato, leader of SSMS, has released several blogs on this topic (start here)...
Always Encrypted:When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL Server. Dynamic Data Masking:If specified in the table definition, masked data is hidden from most users, and...
Always Encrypted: When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL Server. Dynamic Data Masking: If specified in the table definition, masked data is hidden from most users,...
Always Encrypted:When enabled, only the application that has the encryption key can access the encrypted sensitive data in the SQL Server 2016 database. The key is never passed to SQL Server. Dynamic Data Masking:If specified in the table definition, masked data is hidden from most users, and...
Analysis Services projects and SSMS are updated monthly with new and improved features that typically coincide with new functionality in SQL Server. While it's important to learn about all the new features, it's also important to know what is being deprecated and discontinued in this release and...