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CREATE TABLE dbo.Employee ( [EmployeeID] int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , [Name] nvarchar(100) NOT NULL , [Position] varchar(100) NOT NULL , [Department] varchar(100) NOT NULL , [Address] nvarchar(1024) NOT NULL , [AnnualSalary] decimal (10,2) NOT NULL ...

SELECT * FROM Employee FOR SYSTEM_TIME BETWEEN '2014-01-01 00:00:00.0000000' AND '2015-01-01 00:00:00.0000000' WHERE EmployeeID = 1000 ORDER BY ValidFrom;

Returns a table with a rows containing the values that were actual (current) at the specified point in time in the past. SELECT * FROM Employee FOR SYSTEM_TIME AS OF '2016-08-06 08:32:37.91'

Same as above in the FOR SYSTEM_TIME FROM <start_date_time>TO <end_date_time> description, except the table of rows returned includes rows that became active on the upper boundary defined by the <end_date_time> endpoint. SELECT * FROM Employee FOR SYSTEM_TIME BETWEEN '201...

Returns a table with the values for all row versions that were active within the specified time range, regardless of whether they started being active before the <start_date_time> parameter value for the FROM argument or ceased being active after the <end_date_time> parameter value for t...

Returns a table with the values for all row versions that were opened and closed within the specified time range defined by the two datetime values for the CONTAINED IN argument. Rows that became active exactly on the lower boundary or ceased being active exactly on the upper boundary are included. ...

Returns the union of rows that belong to the current and the history table. SELECT * FROM Employee FOR SYSTEM_TIME ALL

Creating a temporal table with a default history table is a convenient option when you want to control naming and still rely on system to create history table with default configuration. In the example below, a new system-versioned memory-optimized temporal table linked to a new disk-based history t...