After confirming with the SQL Server DBA that a CLR function would be permitted on the production SQL Server, I wrote the function that appears in Listing 1. You'll notice it uses the Microsoft.Net ...

Part 1 of this article introduced four new T-SQL functions available in SQL Server 2012. Part 2 has the rest.

SQL window functions provide extremely powerful and useful features that let you work with observations more easily. Different types explained here.

In SQL Server 2014 we saw the introduction of Natively Compiled Stored Procedures. In 2016 we’ll be able to do the same for Scalar User Defined Functions.