In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

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Last month I told you about the overall set of features which Microsoft plans to release when SQL Server 2014 (SQL2014) is released to manufacturing. Microsoft has three major feature sets that they ...

SQL Server 2022: Here’s what you need to know Your email has been sent Three decades on, SQL Server is still a database workhorse that powers both an internal line of business applications and ...