To create a SQL Server CLR function, create a project of type "Visual Basic SQL CLR Database Project" under the Database, SQL Server template category. Then add a new item of type "User-Defined ...

Like most databases created in the last few decades, SQL Server allows developers to extend the database by creating functions. But prior to the upcoming 2019 release, SQL Server’s support for ...

As I recall, the scalar function inlining query ... to see when the next version of SQL Server arrives. Another feature that quietly arrived in Azure SQL Database is "optimized locking." ...

Public Overrides Function ToString() As String Dim result As String ... I have needed a utility to efficiently "empty out" a SQL Server database several times over the last few years and also have ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview ... when dynamic SQL uses the sp_executesql function. The reason for this is that the database engine sees each of those queries as ...

OLEDB—This wait type indicates that a SPID has made a function call to an OLE DB provider and is ... are used to synchronize access to BUF structures and associated pages in the SQL Server database.

Also read: At Ignite, Microsoft enhances its cloud database ... there are several T-SQL goodies in SQL Server 2022. These include an enhanced set of functions for working with JSON data; new ...

Dynamic management views (DMVs) and functions return server state information ... Tables folder of the tempdb database. Transactions allow you to group SQL commands into a single unit.

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software ... A good example here is the new disaster recovery function that allows users to replicate their data ...

ADPs are strictly a Microsoft solution and, as such, won’t function with any other relational database server except SQL Server—at least not directly. You can continue to use Access with other ...