{"id":14611,"date":"2015-11-30T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2015\/11\/30\/sql-server-2016-community-technology-preview-3-1-is-available\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:23","slug":"sql-server-2016-community-technology-preview-3-1-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2015\/11\/30\/sql-server-2016-community-technology-preview-3-1-is-available\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 3.1 is available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SQL Server engineering team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of SQL Server 2016 November public preview release CTP 3.1.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about SQL Server 2016, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/server-cloud\/products\/sql-server-2016\/default.aspx\">SQL Server 2016 preview page<\/a>. To experience the new, exciting features in SQL Server 2016 and the new rapid release model, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/evalcenter\/evaluate-sql-server-2016\">download the preview<\/a> and start evaluating the impact these new innovations can have for your business.<\/p>\n<p>Have questions?\u00a0Join the discussion of the new SQL Server 2016 capabilities at <a href=\"https:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/sqlserver\/en-US\/home?forum=SQLServer2016Preview\">MSDN<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/nocaptcha?s=90783ecc-b296-47d6-8e8b-06d05bcfae2c\">StackOverflow<\/a>. If you run into an issue or would like to make a suggestion, you can let us know\u00a0through <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/SQLServer\">Microsoft\u2019s Connect tool<\/a>. We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n<p>New <strong>In-Memory OLTP<\/strong> improvements in CTP3.1 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unique indexes<\/strong> in memory-optimized tables, to complement the support for unique constraints that was released in CTP3<\/li>\n<li><strong>LOB data types<\/strong> varchar(max), nvarchar(max), and varbinary(max) in memory-optimized tables and natively compiled modules<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indexes with NULLable key columns<\/strong> in memory-optimized tables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>: Illustrate the new features using a memory-optimized table natively compiled stored procedure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">CREATE TABLE<\/span> Sales.Store_inmem(<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[BusinessEntityID] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">int IDENTITY<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">NOT NULL<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED<\/span>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[Name] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">nvarchar<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span>200<span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">NOT NULL<\/span>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[SalesPersonID] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">int<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">NULL<\/span>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">[Demographics] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">nvarchar<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">max<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">NULL<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8212; LOB column<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[ModifiedDate] <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">datetime2<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">NOT NULL<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">DEFAULT<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">sysdatetime<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">())<\/span>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">INDEX<\/span> ix_SalesPersonID <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">NONCLUSTERED<\/span> (SalesPersonID), <span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8212; index on Nullable column<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">INDEX<\/span> ix_Name <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span>Name<span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8212; 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It can be used to appropriately present datetime values in applications that target international markets.<\/p>\n<p>Syntax inputdate AT TIME ZONE timezone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Inputdate<\/em>: An expression that can be resolved to a smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, or datetimeoffset value.<\/li>\n<li><em>Timezone<\/em>: Name of the destination time zone in standard format as enumerated by Windows. Available time zones can be found by querying <strong>sys.time_zone_info<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Examples<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SELECT<\/span> SalesOrderID, OrderDate, <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">TODATETIMEOFFSET<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span>OrderDate, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;-07:00&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">as<\/span> OrderDatePST,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">TODATETIMEOFFSET<\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span>OrderDate, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;-07:00&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AT TIME ZONE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;Central European Standard Time&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AS<\/span> OrderCETTime<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">FROM<\/span> Sales.[SalesOrderHeader]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If inputdate is without provided offset information, function applies offset of the time zone assuming that value was originally provided in that time zone:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SELECT<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">convert<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">datetime2<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;2015-06-27 11:20:08.5783475&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AT TIME ZONE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;Central European Standard Time&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">as<\/span> CETTimeWithOffset<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SELECT<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">convert<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">datetime2<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;2014-11-04 11:15:30.3214560&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AT TIME ZONE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;Central European Standard Time&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">as<\/span> CETTimeWithOffset<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If inputdate contains offset, then function performs conversion to destination time zone:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SELECT<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">convert<\/span>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">datetimeoffset<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;2015-06-27 11:20:08.5783475 +02:00&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AT TIME ZONE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;Pacific Standard Time&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">as<\/span> PacificStandardTime<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">SELECT<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">convert<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">datetimeoffset<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;2014-11-04 10:15:30.3214560 +00:00&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\">)<\/span> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;background-color: #f5f5f5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">AT TIME ZONE<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">&#8216;Pacific Standard Time&#8217;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">as<\/span> PacificStandardTime<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)<\/strong> updates allow upgrading your existing models to 1200 compatibility level and a JSON editor for SSDT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SQL Server PowerPivot and Reporting Services\/Power View for SharePoint 2016<\/strong> available now with CTP3.1! 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