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SQL Server on Linux

You're reading from   SQL Server on Linux Configuring and administering your SQL Server solution on Linux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788291804
Length 222 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jasmin Azemović Jasmin Azemović
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Linux Distributions 2. Installation and Configuration FREE CHAPTER 3. SQL Server Basics 4. Database in the Sandbox 5. Sample Databases 6. A Crash Course in Querying 7. Backup and Recovery Operations 8. User Management 9. Implementing Data Protection 10. Indexing 11. In-Memory OLTP 12. Beyond SQL Server

Installation and Configuration

Linux's native working interface is the command line. Yes, KDE and GNOME are great graphic user interfaces however from a user's perspective, clicking is much easier than typing, but this observation is relative. Many Linux and Windows users will disagree with me; I am somewhere in the middle. GUI is something that changed the perception of modern IT and computer usage. Some tasks are very difficult without a mouse, but not impossible.

On the other hand, command line is something where you can solve some tasks quicker, more efficiently, and better than in GUI. You don't believe me? Imagine these situations and try to implement them through your favorite GUI tool:

  • From a folder of 1,000 files, copy only those which names start with letter A, end with letter Z, and end with TXT extension
  • Rename 100 files at the same time
  • Redirect console...
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SQL Server on Linux
Published in: Aug 2017
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781788291804
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