SET STATISTICS TIME, IO ON; EXEC Dashboard.GetMonthlyReport @Year = 2024;

John navigated to the database he needed to work with and expanded the "Tables" folder. He saw a list of all the tables in the database, including the one that needed to be modified.

SQL Server Management Studio 2014, also known as SSMS 2014, is a successor to SQL Server Management Studio 2012. It provides a unified environment for database administrators, developers, and architects to manage and develop SQL Server databases.

The rest of the team had gone home hours ago. Only the hum of cooling fans and the faint blue glow of monitor screens kept me company. Tonight’s target: a legacy financial database running on SQL Server 2014. The company called it "Project Phoenix" – rebirthing old data into new dashboards. I called it a headache.

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX_FactSales_OrderDate_Include ON Sales.FactSales (OrderDate) INCLUDE (CustomerID, ProductID, Revenue);

Suddenly, the query ran again – 40 seconds. What? I checked the execution plan. Same indexes. Then I remembered: parameter sniffing. SQL Server 2014 didn't have the automatic plan forcing of later versions. I added OPTION (RECOMPILE) to the stored procedure and added WITH RECOMPILE to a frequently called function.

I laughed. Of course. SQL Server 2014 supports UNPIVOT, but someone had changed the database compatibility level to 90 (SQL Server 2005). A trap.

I wrote one last script in the – the place where SSMS 2014 truly shined for T-SQL development. No notebooks, no extensions, just pure SQL:

John's task was to review the changes, test them, and make sure they wouldn't break anything existing. He fired up his trusty laptop and opened SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2014.

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