Arjun Sivadasan

Hi, I am Arjun Sivadasan. I am a Data Engineering and Analytics manager with 14 years of experience. I have worked in various data-focused roles, developing and maintaining mission critical data-driven solutions in transaction and analytics environments. I am adept at mapping business goals to technology road map. Most of my work has been on data strategy, data architecture, data platform modernization and analytics. I enjoy speaking about databases and analytics at local user group events.
  • Interests: Cycling, Cooking, Motorbikes

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XQuery

In 2005 version of SQL Server, XQuerying was introduced. It’s a powerful feature and when used together with a CTE,...

2013-03-27

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Change Tracking Data Retention Options

If I am running this code: 

ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);
What are the possible choices for xxx?

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