{"active":true,"blog_title":"New string functions and operators in Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)","blog_url":"https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/New-string-functions-and-operators-in-Fabric-Data-Warehouse/ba-p/5195232","feature_description":"Operations on strings (VARCHAR(N)) are common in T-SQL queries. Performance improvements on string functions and operators that are working with strings boosts the performance of the queries that use LIKE predicates, [string functions](/sql/t-sql/functions/string-functions-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16&preserve-view=true) and comparison operators in WHERE predicates, and operators like GROUP BY, ORDER BY, JOIN that are working with string types.","feature_name":"String performance improvements","last_modified":"2026-06-16","product_id":"fa3a73cd-dcd6-ee11-9079-000d3a310f67","product_name":"Data Warehouse","release_date":"Q4 2024","release_item_id":"45053108-d5fa-ee11-a1ff-000d3a340b2c","release_status":"Shipped","release_type":"General availability"}