September 2010
Intermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
The means for accessing system information has changed very little from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008. The new systems views that were introduced in SQL Server 2005 are still the preferred means for getting at that all-important system information. These views, which include catalog, compatibility, and dynamic views, are discussed in detail later in this chapter.
What is new in SQL Server 2008 is an expanded set of system views. These new views are geared toward some of the new functionality offered with SQL Server 2008. For example, new catalog and dynamic management views that return information about Change Tracking and the Resource Governor have been added to cover these new ...
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