Prior knowledge of SQL Server 2017 (Evaluation Edition) is required, as is an understanding of SQL Server Management Studio (version 17.7 was used at the time of writing as the latest edition).

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There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The same sample query using the OPENQUERY function."

A block of code is set as follows:

SELECT * FROM REMOTESRV..Enums.Accounts

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install mssql-tools unixodbc-dev

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Its correct name is added to the Local Login column."