With Type 1, a fact row is simply updated in place. And with Type 2, the original fact row is end-dated and flagged as logically deleted, then a replacement row is inserted. In doing these Type 1 & ...

The row with the new values is not visible, and attempts to fetch the row with the old values return an @@FETCH_STATUS of -2. The new values are visible if the update is done through the cursor by ...

In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...