This is a general question that keeps coming to my mind. Is there any major disadvantage in using the SQL Server 2000 system tables in SQL Server 2008? It is a good practice to use system views, but in simple words, Why?
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This is a general question that keeps coming to my mind. Is there any major disadvantage in using the SQL Server 2000 system tables in SQL Server 2008? It is a good practice to use system views, but in simple words, Why?
From BOL, Catalog views:
The link also says catalog views will maintained across versions and hide the actual tables which can change. Going forward, these are the way to go