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SQL Server 2016 Developer's Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2016 Developer's Guide Build efficient database applications for your organization with SQL Server 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786465344
Length 616 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 (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SQL Server 2016 FREE CHAPTER 2. Review of SQL Server Features for Developers 3. SQL Server Tools 4. Transact-SQL Enhancements 5. JSON Support in SQL Server 6. Stretch Database 7. Temporal Tables 8. Tightening the Security 9. Query Store 10. Columnstore Indexes 11. Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP 12. In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2016 13. Supporting R in SQL Server 14. Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R in SQL Server

Chapter 2. Review of SQL Server Features for Developers

Before delving into the new features in SQL Server 2016, let's have a quick recapitulation of the features of SQL Server for developers already available in the previous versions of SQL Server. Recapitulating the most important features will help you remember what you already have in your development toolbox and also understand the need and the benefits of the new or improved features in SQL Server 2016.

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This chapter has a lot of code. As this is not a book for beginners, the intention of this chapter is not to teach you the basics of database development. It is rather a reminder of the many powerful and efficient Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and other elements included in SQL Server version 2014 and even earlier.

The recapitulation starts with the mighty T-SQL SELECT statement. Besides the basic clauses, advanced techniques such as window functions, common table expressions, and the APPLY operator are explained. Then, you...

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