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Temporal Tables
Features CT CDC Temporal
Tracks Data Changes Yes Yes Yes
Tracking mechanism Synchronous Asynchronous Synchronous
Require enabling at Database Level Yes Yes No
Require enabling at Table Level Yes Yes Yes
Historical Data retention No Yes Yes
Ability to Recover data from history No Yes Yes
Requires change in current code Yes Yes No
Table requires primary Key Yes Yes Yes
Schema changes to the table allowed Yes No Yes
Ability to analyze trends in data No No Yes
Available in Standard Edition of SQL Server Yes No Yes
History data is secure No No Yes
Can you truncate history table? Yes Yes No
History data resides in the same table No No yes
Can you truncate main table? Yes No No
Dependency on SQL Server Agent running No Yes No
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