Indexes can't be created explicitly on table variables, and no statistics are kept on table variables. Starting with SQL [!INCLUDEsssql14-md], new syntax was introduced which allows you to create ...

However, this also means that they cannot be used in some scenarios where temporary tables or permanent tables are required. For example, you cannot use table variables in dynamic SQL, distributed ...

SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP introduces two new widely advertised kinds of database objects: memory-optimized tables for efficient data access, and natively compiled stored procedures for efficient ...

In this example, Transact-SQL will create a new table with all columns from the rows in "old_table" in which the last name starts with "Ja." Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.