With HTML5, it is possible for the web pages to store the data locally in the user's browser. This web storage is much faster and secured than the cookies. Also, a larger amount of data can be stored without causing any adverse effect to the performance of the website. 

The data here is not included with every server request. It is used ONLY when it is asked for. It is only that particular web page that can access the data stored by itself.

Some important differences between Canvas and SVG:

- Canvas is resolution dependent while SVG is not. 

- Canvas does not provide any support for event handlers while SVG does. 

- Canvas is suitable for graphic-intensive games while SVG is not suitable for gaming.

- Canvas is suitable for small rendering areas while SVG is suitable for large rendering areas like Google maps.

Canvas is a rectangular area on a HTML page, specified with the tag <canvas>. 

- SVG is the abbreviation for Scalable Vector Graphics and is recommended by W3C. 

- It is used to define vector-based graphics for the Web

- The graphics are defined in XML format

-An important quality of SVG graphics is that their quality is maintained even when they are zoomed or resized. 

- All the element and attributes of SVG files can be animated

Some of the new features provided in HTML5 are:

- It provides support for local storage

- New form controls, like calendar, date, time, email, url, search

- <canvas> element is provided to facilitate 2D drawing

- The <video> and <audio> elements are provided for media playback

- New content-specific elements are provided. For e.g. <article>, <header>, <footer>, <nav>, <section>

SELECT YEAR(GETDATE()) as "Year";

SQL has IsDate() function which is used to check passed value is date or not of specified format ,it returns 1(true) or 0(false) accordingly.

SELECT  ISDATE('1/08/13') AS "MM/DD/YY";

It will return 0 because passed date is not in correct format.

Catalog views return information that is used by the SQL Server Database Engine. Catalog Views are the most general interface to the catalog metadata and provide the most efficient way to obtain, transform, and present customized forms of this information. All user- available catalog metadata is exposed through catalog views.