With additional tests comparing splitting techniques to TVPs, I round out my series on STRING_SPLIT() in SQL Server 2016.

I follow up on a recent post about the performance of STRING_SPLIT() with a few additional reader-motivated tests.

I explore yet another scenario where a date/time function seems to cause the optimizer to behave unexpectedly.

I give four quick tips on using date and time values effectively in SQL Server.

I talk about some of the upcoming changes to telemetry and other privacy settings in SQL Server 2016.