As I recall, the scalar function inlining query optimization improvement, made it to GA in SQL Server 2019 before it made it to Azure SQL DB. However, a couple of exceptions aside, looking to the ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

and SQL Server, making the Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions a flexible component for event-driven applications. That's a bit weird to me. If an event fires an Azure function, it should not ...

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 ...

What is an SQL Window Function? A window is a set of rows or observations in a table or result set. In a table, you may have more than one window depending on how you specify the query.

This restricts which users can view what data in a table, based on a function. SQL Server 2016 introduces this feature, which is very useful in multi-tenant environments where you may want to ...