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SQL Server on Linux

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SQL Server on Linux

Overview of this book

Microsoft's launch of SQL Server on Linux has made SQL Server a truly versatile platform across different operating systems and data-types, both on-premise and on-cloud. This book is your handy guide to setting up and implementing your SQL Server solution on the open source Linux platform. You will start by understanding how SQL Server can be installed on supported and unsupported Linux distributions. Then you will brush up your SQL Server skills by creating and querying database objects and implementing basic administration tasks to support business continuity, including security and performance optimization. This book will also take you beyond the basics and highlight some advanced topics such as in-memory OLTP and temporal tables. By the end of this book, you will be able to recognize and utilize the full potential of setting up an efficient SQL Server database solution in your Linux environment.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Northwind database


If you are familiar with the classic SQL Server on Windows then there is only a very small probability that you haven't heard about the epic Northwind. Actually, this database originated from the ancient Microsoft Access. Those members of the Linux population with some MySQL or PostgreSQL experience probably do not know about it, but it is very close to the sakila or dvdrental samples from those platforms.

Northwind (https://northwinddatabase.codeplex.com/) is a classic example of a sales system where you have basic entities: Customers, Products, Orders, and Employees. From the SQL Server perspective, it was an official example from version SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005. Later it was replaced by a more detailed and complex system of sales. Now, Northwind is not officially supported by Microsoft, but it remains one of the most popular examples in the SQL Server world as it is simple, easy to read, and ideal for beginners with zero or very little database and SQL experience...