MAIA Intelligence was invited to give a technical session on MS-SQL at Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra 2012 event in which around 300 budding techies learnt about the emerging technologies

1. What’s New for Developers in
SQL Server 2008 & 2012
Jigisha Sanghvi
Head - Products
MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
jigisha@maia-intelligence.com

2. Agenda
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2012 (Denali)
Demo

3. New Data Types
HIERARCHY ID
Model the traditional employee/manager relationship
New Date & Time data types
DATE, TIME, DATETIMEOFFSET, DATETIME2 & functions to deal
with them

4. Spatial Data
PROLIFERATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
GPS Systems
Virtual Earth, Live Search Maps etc
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPATIALLY AWARE APPS
Route planning
Land assessment
Territory analysis
SQL Server 2008
Storage and retrieval of spatial data using standard SQL syntax

5. Spatial Data Types
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT
Flat Earth (Planar) - geometry
Round Earth (Geodetic) – geography
CLR SYSTEM TYPES
Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.Geo[metry | graphy]
Host of useful spatial methods / properties (OGC)
Importing of WKT / WKB (OGC) and GML data
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Integrated into SQL 2008
Spatial Index support

6. Queries
LINQ was introduced with Visual Studio 2008
SQL 2008 ships with a LINQ to SQL Provider which
allows LINQ commands directly against SQL Server
ADO.NET Entity framework allows developers to
create database queries using entities

7. Database Mirroring
Compressed log steam to minimize network bandwidth
Automatic page repair for both principal and mirror
New DMVs (Dynamic Management Views)
Additional mirroring performance counters

8. Changing the game with SSIS
Integration Services (SSIS) provides a scalable
enterprise data integration platform with ETL and
integration capabilities, enabling organizations to
more easily manage data from a wide array of data
sources
Moves and transforms data between sources and
destinations, regardless of format
Cleanses data and ensures data integrity
Integrates heterogeneous data sources

9. SQL Server Integration Services
New Script Environment for Script Tasks & Components
VSTA replaces VSA (deprecated)
– C# language programmability
– More of the familiar VS environment
ADO.NET Source and Destination
OLEDB source/destinations still there 
Data Profiling Task & Viewer

10. SQL Server Integration Services
Data Flow performance
In 2005, an execution tree (even with branches) is executed on a
single thread
In 2008, this is handled differently (i.e. better)
Lookup Transformation
Share cached lookup across packages
More granular control over cache use for matched/non-matched
data
Additional changes elsewhere
MERGE, Change Data Capture, Data Types, etc.

11. MERGE
DML statement combining multiple operations into one
source Merge target
match so UPDATE
no match so INSERT
no source match so DELETE

12. Merge Statement
Merge statement works as an insert, update, delete statement all
at once
Works on two sources of data, the source and the target
Merge Main.dbo.TestTable as Target
Using (Select Col1, col2 from stage.dbo.TestTable) as Source
On Target.TableKey = Source.TableKey
When Matched [and condition]
Then Update Set Col1 = Source.Col1,
Col2 = Source.Col2
When Matched [and condition]
Then Delete
When Not Matched
Then Insert (Col1, Col2) values (Col1, Col2)
Output $action, Inserted.TableKey, Deleted.TableKey

13. ADO.NET Synchronisation Services
Synchronisation Framework
Online/Offline Applications Server DB
2-tier, N-tier architectures
Set of components
Sync Classes
Client Database
– SQL Server Compact Edition
Server Database
Client DB
– Any ADO.NET store
“Service” Based Approach

14. ADO.NET Synchronisation Services
Server DB
Transport
Client Sync Proxy
Sync Service Server Sync
Provider Agent Provider
Sync
Adapters
Sync Table
Sync Group
Client DB

15. SSAS
SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) delivers online
analytical processing (OLAP - commonly referred to
as “cubes”) and data mining functionality for
business intelligence applications
Includes advanced analytical features such as
complete data mining and KPI frameworks
Enables organizations to accommodate multiple
analytic needs within one solution

16. SSRS
Reporting Services provides a full range of ready-to-use tools
and services to help create, deploy, and manage reports for
organization, as well as programming features that enable
you to extend and customize your reporting functionality
Provides a complete reporting platform so that end-users can
view data using a Web browser or desk top
Includes report authoring tools for both technical developers
and business users
Allows web-based viewing and rendering in popular
document formats such as XLS and PDF
Contains robust e-mail subscription capability

17. Reporting Services
Dependency on IIS has gone
New Design Surface
New Visualisations
Table + Matrix = Tablix
Delivery via Microsoft Office

18. Reach All your Users with Pervasive
Insight
Scalable BI platform
Deliver insights throughout your
Scalable Report Engine organization
Deliver reports of any size at
enterprise scale
Scale out Analysis Scale out through read-only Analysis
Services storage
Enhance analytical capabilities with
more complex computations and
Subspace Computations aggregations
Deploy and manage your BI
infrastructure
New Cube Design Tools Streamline development of the
analysis infrastructure with new cube
design tools
Best Practice Design Alerts Optimize cube design with real time
best practice alerts
Backup cubes with enhanced
scalability
Scalable Backup Tools

19. Extended Events (XEvent)
High performance eventing system for SQL
Integrates with Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)
Possibility of end-to-end tracing
DDL for managing event sessions on a server
Where to
send it Data to
log
Filters
“When”
to log

20. Platform Enhancements
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
Encrypt my data on disk transparent to applications
Database Compression (not in CTP5)
ROW / PAGE Compression
Integrated Full Text Search (not in CTP5)
Easier to deploy / manage and better performance
Declarative Management Framework
Establish policies for monitoring or compliance

21. SQL Server 2008
Transparent Data Encryption SQL Server Change Tracking Star Join
External Key Management Synchronized Programming Model Enterprise Reporting Engine
Data Auditing Visual Studio Support Internet Report
Pluggable CPU SQL Server Conflict Detection Deployment
Transparent Failover for Database FILESTREAM data type Block Computations
Mirroring Integrated Full Text Search Scale out Analysis
Declarative Management Framework Sparse Columns BI Platform Management
Server Group Management Large User Defined Types Export to Word and Excel
Streamlined Installation Date/Time Data Type Author reports in Word and
Enterprise System Management Excel
LOCATION data type
Performance Data Collection Report Builder
SPATIAL data type Enhancements
System Analysis Virtual Earth Integration TABLIX
Data Compression Partitioned Table Parallelism Rich Formatted Data
Query Optimization Modes Query Optimizations Personalized Perspectives
Resource Governor Persistent Lookups … and many more
Entity Data Model Change Data Capture
LINQ Backup Compression
Visual Entity Designer MERGE SQL Statement
Entity Aware Adapters Data Profiling

22. SQL Server 2012
Codename: Denali

23. SQL Server Denali (2012)
Contained Database
FileTables
Sequence Objects
Columnstore Indexes
AlwaysOn SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance
Indirect Checkpoints
Dynamic Management Views

24. Contained Database
A contained database includes all database settings and metadata
required to define the database and has no configuration
dependencies on the instance of the SQL Server Database Engine
where the database is installed
Moving databases from one instance of the SQL Server Database
Engine to another instance of the Database Engine is simplified by
introducing contained databases
Users in a contained database are no longer associated with logins
on the instance of SQL Server

25. FileStream Storage
Storing large binary objects in databases is suboptimal
Large objects take buffers in database memory
Updating large objects cause database fragmentation
– In file system however, "update" is delete and insert
– "Before image" in an update is not deleted immediately
Storing all related data in a database adds
Transactional consistency
Integrated, point-in-time backup and restore
Single storage and query vehicle

26. FileStream Implementation
A filegroup for filestream storage is declared using DDL
Filestream storage is tied to a database
The filegroup is mapped to a directory
Must be NTFS file system
Caution: Files deleteable from file system if you have appropriate
permissions
VARBINARY(MAX) columns can be defined with FILESTREAM
attribute
Table must also have UNIQUEIDENTIFIER column
Filestream storage not available for other large types
Data is stored in the file system

27. FileTables in SQL Server Denali
The FileTable feature builds on top of the SQL Server
FILESTREAM technology
The FileTable feature bring support for the Windows
file namespace and compatibility with Windows
applications to the file data stored in SQL Server
We Can easily store files and documents in special
tables in SQL Server, but access them from Windows
applications as if they were stored in the file system,
without making any changes to the Windows
applications

28. Sequence Objects
A sequence object is a user-defined schema-bound
object that generates a sequence of numeric values
according to the specification
The sequence of numeric values is generated in an
ascending or descending order at a defined interval
and may cycle (repeat) as requested
It operates similar to an identity column, but sequence
numbers are not restricted to use in a single table
A sequence is created independently of the tables by
using the CREATE SEQUENCE statement

29. Sequence Objects
Use sequences instead of identity columns in the following
scenarios:
The application requires a number before the insert into the table is
made.
The application requires sharing a single series of numbers between
multiple tables or multiple columns within a table
The application must restart the number series when a specified
number is reached. For example, after assigning values 1 through 10,
the application starts assigning values 1 through 10 again
You need to change the specification of the sequence, such as the
increment value

30. Columnstore Indexes
The Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named “Denali”,
Community Technology Preview 3 (CTP 3) introduces a
new data warehouse query acceleration feature based
on a new type of index called the columnstore
Columnstore indexes can transform the data
warehousing experience for users by enabling faster
performance for common data warehousing queries
such as filtering, aggregating, grouping, and star-join
queries

31. AlwaysOn feature
AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instance provides instance
level failover
Multi-subnet failover clusters
Flexible failover policy for cluster health detection
SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group
Deploying AlwaysOn Availability Groups involves creating and
configuring one or more availability groups
An availability group is a container that defines a set user
databases (availability databases) to fail over as a single unit,
and a set of availability replicas to host copies of each
availability database

32. Indirect Checkpoints
The indirect checkpoints feature provides a database-specific
alternative to automatic checkpoints, which are configured
by a server property
Indirect checkpoints implements a new checkpointing
algorithm for the Database Engine
This algorithm provides a more accurate guarantee of
database recovery time in the event of a crash or a failover
than is provided by automatic checkpoints
To ensure that database recovery does not exceed allowable
downtime for a given database, you can specify the
maximum allowable downtime for that database

33. Dynamic Management Views
sys.dm_exec_query_stats - Added four columns to help
troubleshoot long running queries. You can use the total_rows,
min_rows, max_rows and last_rows aggregate row count
columns to separate queries that are returning a large number
of rows from problematic queries that may be missing an index
or have a bad query plan
sys.dm_os_volume_stats - This dynamic management functions
returns information about the operating system volume
(directory) on which the specified databases and files are
stored. Use this dynamic management function to check the
attributes of the physical disk drive or return available free
space information about the directory

34. Dynamic Management Views
sys.dm_os_windows_info - This dynamic
management view returns one row that displays
Windows operating system version information such
as the OS version or language ID
sys.dm_server_memory_dumps,
sys.dm_server_services, sys.dm_server_registry -
These dynamic management views return property
information associated with the SQL Server, Full-
text, and SQL Server Agent services that are installed
on the host server

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