Upcoming SQL Server 2018 Features

If you think that’s big, you should see the size of the drink

I happened to be in Seattle this week after finishing up an Alaska cruise, and I had the chance to sit down with some of the PMs responsible for upcoming SQL Server features. It turns out they’re already deep in development with some truly revolutionary capabilities.

Now, I probably shouldn’t be sharing these with you, dear reader, but I bet you’re going to be as excited as I am, so here goes: SQL Server 2018’s upcoming feature list:

Edible Result Sets Self destructing transactions New SSMS color schemes by Karl Lagerfeld Deep SouthParent/Child Referential Integrity (I didn’t wanna ask for details there) Eventual consistency Scentederror messages Duraflame Transaction Log Access storage engine MAIM command like KILL, but lets you keep up to half of the result sets that have already been delivered Renaming SQL Server Agent to Cortana Twitch integration for video replay of cool transactions Azure Power Enterprise Server I’m not quite sure what this isbecause the description changed three times while we were talking, and the name changed four Opinion-based triggers TSA-grade security

Erik says:I’m kindaexcited about the new upcoming family valued functions, emoji support, and Haskell functions. The best, though, has to be IntentiSense, which replaces IntelliSense, and detects what you meant to write.

Brent Ozar