the VALIDFROM and VALIDTO columns, which tells SQL Server which snapshot of the temporal table to use when querying for data from a specific time in the past. Thus, your CREATE TABLE might appear ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

SQL Server 2017 fixes the plan quality issues of previous releases via three new features: interleaved execution for multi-statement table-valued functions (TVFs), batch-mode execution adaptive joins, ...

SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures ... with a value of ‘BigScreen’ in the Product column. You must use the READONLY clause when passing ...

Arthur Fuller explores the value of identity columns and the usefulness of their arbitrary values and discusses ways to use SQL Server ... PKs within a given table. Then, when invoice numbers ...

Adds columns to, drops columns from, and changes column attributes in an existing table. Adds, modifies, and drops integrity constraints from an existing table. Restriction: You cannot use any type of ...