June 2015
Intermediate to advanced
1800 pages
70h 6m
English
The means for accessing system information has changed very little from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2014. The system 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 2014 is an enhanced set of system objects. There are some new system views such as sys.dm_exec_query_stats and sys.column_store_row_groups. There are also quite a few system objects that have been updated to capture information related to new functionality offered with SQL Server 2014. Most of the ...
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