SQL Server 2019

Back in December 2017, when I posted the Guess the Next SQL Server Release Date Contest, you could leave your guess in the comments for a chance to win a Live Class Season Pass and a Recorded Class Season Pass. Here’s how the guesses so far have gone – and for this quick analysis, I’m only…

The free SQL Server 2019 preview download is out, and here are quite a few things to check out that aren’t documented yet: New System Objects Starting with new stored procedures: sys.sp_add_feature_restriction sys.sp_autoindex_cancel_dta sys.sp_autoindex_invoke_dta sys.sp_cloud_update_blob_tier sys.sp_configure_automatic_tuning sys.sp_diagnostic_showplan_log_dbid sys.sp_drop_feature_restriction sys.sp_execute_remote sys.sp_force_slog_truncation sys.sp_internal_alter_nt_job_limits sys.sp_rbpex_exec_cmd sys.sp_set_distributed_query_context sys.sp_set_session_resource_group sys.sp_showinitialmemo_xml sys.sp_xa_commit sys.sp_xa_end sys.sp_xa_forget sys.sp_xa_forget_ex sys.sp_xa_init sys.sp_xa_init_ex sys.sp_xa_prepare sys.sp_xa_prepare_ex sys.sp_xa_recover sys.sp_xa_rollback…

The system table sys.messages holds error messages that SQL Server needs to return to end users. When a new build comes out, I love checking this table to see what features Microsoft has coded, but isn’t quite ready to announce yet. When SQL Server 2017 came out, that’s how I unmasked snapshot materialized views, a…

Psst – you’re probably not supposed to see this yet, but look what @WalkingCat found: SQL Server 2019 Vision pic.twitter.com/zbjI28FYSu— WalkingCat (@h0x0d) September 21, 2018 What the video says Growing volumes of data create deep pools of opportunity for those who can navigate it. SQL Server 2019 helps you stay ahead of the changing time by…

TEASE Who Let The Docs Out? Ignite must be coming up. If you head over to Microsoft’s GitHub repo, you can peruse around for stuff updated recently. Maybe you’ll create an account. Maybe you’ll start contributing to open source projects. Maybe you’ll quietly slip into a world of solitude for days on end. Happy Saturday!…

In no particular order: Database Level Option for Storing Wait Stats – just like we can store query plan history in Query Store, it’d be awesome to get performance history over time. Give more info on the “String or Binary Data Would be Truncated” error – tell us which column, and what row tried to…

When will Microsoft officially release SQL Server 2019 for download? The dust is just barely starting to settle on the 2017 box, so it’s time to guess the next one. Leave one – and only one – comment here in YYYY/MM/DD format with your release date guess. If you leave multiple comments, only the first/earliest…

If you were leading Microsoft’s development programs, what would you add or change in SQL Server 2018? Forget licensing or pricing changes – that’s dictated by the marketing teams, and those decisions are made really close to the release date. Instead, let’s think bigger: what are the really big improvements you’d make that would really…