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SQL Server 2017 Developer???s Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2017 Developer???s Guide A professional guide to designing and developing enterprise database applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788476195
Length 816 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dejan Sarka Dejan Sarka
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Miloš Radivojević Miloš Radivojević
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William Durkin William Durkin
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SQL Server 2017 FREE CHAPTER 2. Review of SQL Server Features for Developers 3. SQL Server Tools 4. Transact-SQL and Database Engine Enhancements 5. JSON Support in SQL Server 6. Stretch Database 7. Temporal Tables 8. Tightening Security 9. Query Store 10. Columnstore Indexes 11. Introducing SQL Server In-Memory OLTP 12. In-Memory OLTP Improvements in SQL Server 2017 13. Supporting R in SQL Server 14. Data Exploration and Predictive Modeling with R 15. Introducing Python 16. Graph Database 17. Containers and SQL on Linux 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Enabling Stretch Database


Before you select tables for stretching, you need to enable the feature at the instance level. Like many other new features, it is disabled by default. To enable it, you need to execute the following statements:

EXEC sys.sp_configure N'remote data archive', '1'; 
RECONFIGURE; 
GO 

Actually, you have to allow remote data archiving; there is no enabling Stretch Database option. Anyway, after enabling it at an instance level, you can choose a database and enable the feature at the database level.

Enabling Stretch Database at the database level

If the feature is enabled at the instance level and you have enough database permissions (db_owner or CONTROL DATABASE), the next step is to enable Stretch DB at the database level. Of course, before you enable it, you need to have a valid Azure account and subscription. You also need to create and configure firewall rules to allow your Azure database to communicate with your local server. In this section, you will enable the Stretch...

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