What are T-SQL Enhancements done in SQL Server 2008 ?
SQL Server 2008’s new statements, extend the T-SQL feature and functionality. Let’s understand What are T-SQL Enhancements done in SQL Server 2008 ?
- Declare and Initialize Variables
- Compound Assignment Operators
- Row Constructors
- CONVERT Enhancements
- Composable DML
- Object Dependencies
- MERGE Statement
- TABLE Value constructor
- GROUPING SET
- DDL Trigger Enhancements
- Sparse Columns
- Filtered Index
- New Date and Time Functions
- SYSDATETIME
- SYSUTCDATETIME
- SYSDATETIMEOFFSET
- SWITCHOFFSET
- TODATETIMEOFFSET
- New Data Types
- FILESTREAM Data Type
- Spatial
- HIERARCHYID
- Date and Time New Data Type
- DATE
- TIME
- DATETIME2DATETIMEOFFSET
Note : This question was asked by one of the training attendees. He wanted to have a summary of all the new TSQL enhancement of 2008 at one place. This post is dedicated to that training attendees.
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