Monday, December 19, 2016

SQL Server v.Next CTP 1.1 released

Microsoft released the first update to the Linux v.Next version of SQL Server, officially lised as SQL Server v.Next Community Technology Preview (CTP) 1.1. From the announcement, the key database engine enhancements include:


Key SQL Server v.Next CTP 1.1 database engine enhancements include:

  • Language and performance enhancements to natively compiled T-SQL modules, including support for OPENJSON, FOR JSON, JSON built ins as well as memory-optimized tables support for computed columns.
  • Improved the performance of updates to non-clustered columnstore indexes in the case when the row is in the delta store. 
  • Batch mode queries now support "memory grant feedback loops,” which learn from memory used during query execution and adjusts on subsequent query executions; this can allow more queries to run on systems that are otherwise blocking on memory.
  • New T-SQL language features:
  • Introducing three new string functions: TRIM, CONCAT_WS, and TRANSLATE
  • BULK IMPORT supports CSV format and Azure Blob Storage as file source
  • STRING_AGG supports WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY)s
  • Most of the improvements in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 are now available in SQL Server on Linux, with the exception of a few features such as Polybase 
Source:  Microsoft community update email: Dec 19, 2016

How to Update -  See:    Update SQL Server on RHEL - CentOS

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