SQL Server 2016 offers a new tool for performance tuning called Query Store. This holds metrics that let you quickly see when an execution plan change has negatively impacted the database.

While the last two versions of SQL Server focused on improving performance by offering new features, SQL Server 2016 looks inwards towards improving existing functionality.

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In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

SQL Server 2022 has more Intelligent Query Processing features to speed up existing workloads and database applications with what Khan calls “minimal implementation effort.” ...

Methods limit (int): Sets the number of records retrieved (By default it's 1000) where (str or list): Sets conditions on where clause select (str): Set the table join (str, str): Set the join table in ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...