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SQL Server 2017 Developer???s Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2017 Developer???s Guide A professional guide to designing and developing enterprise database applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788476195
Length 816 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dejan Sarka Dejan Sarka
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Miloš Radivojević Miloš Radivojević
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William Durkin William Durkin
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SQL Server 2017 FREE CHAPTER 2. Review of SQL Server Features for Developers 3. SQL Server Tools 4. Transact-SQL and Database Engine Enhancements 5. JSON Support in SQL Server 6. Stretch Database 7. Temporal Tables 8. Tightening Security 9. Query Store 10. Columnstore Indexes 11. Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP 12. In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2017 13. Supporting R in SQL Server 14. Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R 15. Introducing Python 16. Graph Database 17. Containers and SQL on Linux 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Graph features in SQL Server 2017

Prior to SQL Server 2017, relationships in graph structures were represented by junction tables. SQL Server 2017 supports graph databases by bringing graph extensions called SQL Graph features. SQL Graph and graph extensions are part of the SQL Server database engine. You don't need to install separate services; as soon as you install SQL Server, you can use SQL graph capabilities in all SQL Server editions.

In SQL Server 2017, you can create two types of graph objects, node and edge tables, and use the new MATCH clause to traverse through the graph. Node and edge tables are normal tables with some special columns and attributes. A graph is a collection of node and edge tables, and all tables within a database belong to the same graph. Since node and edge tables are SQL Server tables, you are allowed to create regular relationships...

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