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SQL Server on Linux

You're reading from  SQL Server on Linux

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788291804
Pages 222 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Toc

Table of Contents (19) Chapters close

Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. Linux Distributions 2. Installation and Configuration 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

SQL Server objects


In the following lines, we will present the basic structure of SQL Server objects, from the server to the database level. This book does not have the scope to cover all the elements of which we are going to speak, but it will give you enough information to cover all the basics.

System databases

SQL server has a concept of system and user databases. User databases are created for specific types of business process: HR, online shop, eHealth, and so on. It's up to the user (developers and DBAs) to define all the parameters. Here, you are in charge (more about it Chapter 4, Database in the Sandbox).

On the other hand, system databases are created during the installation procedure without almost any user influence. It is a repository of all SQL Server internals and it continues its process of updating its content, such as:

  • Configuration data
  • Users information
  • Database objects
  • Query execution statistics
  • Troubleshooting
  • Data statistics
  • And many more

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