CLR functions that perform string manipulation and substring extraction perform very well in SQL Server.

Function inlining in SQL Server 2019 Starting with SQL Server 2019, scalar functions written in T-SQL may be inlined. This means they will be folded into the query and no longer incur the UDF ...

Custom proximity search, a new feature in SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search, is facilitated using the NEAR operator.

In-Depth Top 7 Features Coming to SQL Server 2016 SQL 2016 has a number of major enhancements which will help whether or not you are implementing on-prem, in Azure or in a hybrid model. By Joey D ...