Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

New Transact-SQL Constructs

What would a new SQL Server release be without new T-SQL commands and constructs to further expand the power and capabilities of the T-SQL language? SQL Server 2012 is no exception. The new constructs provided in SQL Server 2012 include the following:

Sequence objects—Sequence objects can be used to generate a sequence of numeric values according to the definition of the object. Sequence objects provide an alternative for generating autosequencing values, similar to an Identity column but independent of any specific table. Sequence objects provide more flexibility and allow applications to apply a sequence value across ...