Database Management Systems
Azure Data Studio is a graphical tool for managing databases.
It is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. On Linux it’s available on Red Hat (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu.
Below is a step-by-step guide to installing Azure Data Studio on Ubuntu 18.04 via the GUI. Screenshots included.
I’ve also provided the commands for installation via the command-line in case you prefer that method.
Continue readingYou’ll get error 7710 if you try to split a partition in SQL Server, but you haven’t specified a “next used” filegroup.
Continue readingIf you’ve installed SQL Server on your Red Hat machine, you’ll need some tools to connect to it and run queries, etc.
The sqlcmd and bcp utilities are a couple of good options for helping you perform the most common tasks.
Continue readingIf you’ve installed SQL Server on your SUSE machine, you’ll need some tools to connect to it and run queries, etc.
The sqlcmd and bcp utilities are good options for performing the most common tasks.
Continue readingIf you’ve installed SQL Server on your Ubuntu machine, you’ll need some sort of tool to connect to it.
Installing the sqlcmd and bcp utilities is good place to start.
Continue readingI recently installed the latest release of SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) and saw that Azure Data Studio was automatically installed with it.
The release notes confirm that this is the case starting from SSMS 18.7 (which was released on October 20, 2020:
Continue readingBeginning with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.7, Azure Data Studio is automatically installed alongside SSMS. Users of SQL Server Management Studio are now able to benefit from the innovations and features in Azure Data Studio. Azure Data Studio is a cross-platform and open-source desktop tool for your environments, whether in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid
In this article, I show you how to install SQL Server on a Windows machine (screenshots included).
In this case I used the installation wizard to install SQL Server 2019 onto a Windows 10 machine, using the Basic installation option, which uses the default configuration.
Continue readingSSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) is a graphical tool that you can use to administer SQL Server.
SSMS used to be bundled with SQL Server, but that is no longer the case. You must now install it separately.
This article shows you how to install SSMS (including screenshots).
Note that SSMS is only available for Windows machines. If you’re using a non-Windows machine (such as Mac or Linux), try Azure Data Studio or perhaps DBeaver.
Also note that Azure Data Studio is now included when you install SSMS (starting with SSMS 18.7).
Continue readingThis article provides step-by-step instructions for installing SQL Server 2019 for Linux on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.
These steps should work on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SP2, SP3, SP4, and SP5.
You should have at least 2GB of memory before you install SQL Server on your SUSE machine. If you’re installing this on a virtual machine, you should have at least 2GB of memory allocated to it.
The file system must be XFS or EXT4.
Continue readingThis article provides step-by-step instructions for installing SQL Server 2019 for Linux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
I performed these steps using RHEL 8.3, but they should also work on RHEL editions 7.3 to 7.8, and 8.0 to 8.2.
You should have at least 2GB of memory before you install SQL Server on your Red Hat machine. If you’re installing this on a virtual machine, you should have at least 2GB of memory allocated to it.
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