This document contains a summary of SQL Server 2012 features presented by Matt Horn. It discusses sequences, paging, dates, string functions, conversion functions, and other useful features. The presentation covers setting min/max values for sequences, using OFFSET and FETCH for paging through query results, new date/time functions like DATEFROMPARTS, string concatenation with CONVERT and formatting with FORMAT, and conversion functions like PARSE and TRY_CONVERT.

1. I wish I knew that yesterday!
SQL Server 2012 Awesomeness
and some other stuff

2. Matt Horn
• Senior Consultant – Aphelion Software
• Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist
• Co-lead JHB Business Intelligence
Developer Network
• Lead - IntelliCape B.I. User Group
9/27/2013
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3. Agenda
 Sequences
 Paging
 Dates
 String Functions
 Conversion Functions
 Other useful @#$%
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4. Sequences

5. Sequences
 Used to generate numeric sequences.
 Set min and max values
 Caching of future values minimizing disk
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6. Paging

7. OFFSET & FETCH
 ORDER BY is mandatory
 OFFSET and FETCH are a pair.
 TOP is a no no.

8. Dates

9. New Functions
 DATEFROMPARTS
 DATETIMEFROMPARTS
 DATETIME2FROMPARTS
 SMALLDATETIMEFROMPARTS
 DATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS
 TIMEFROMPARTS
 EOMONTH

10. Strings

11. String Functions
 CONCAT
 Does what it says on the box
 FORMAT
 Looks simple. MASSIVELY useful

12. Conversion Functions
 PARSE
 TRY_PARSE
 TRY_CONVERT

13. Other useful .. stuff