Installing Ubuntu in Level 1 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In this first article of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux, learn how to set up your host server.
2021-10-13 (first published: 2018-08-15)
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Monitoring - Level 6 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In this level of the Stairway to Linux, learn how to use the TIG stack to monitor your SQL Server instance on Linux.
2020-05-27
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SQL Agent in Level 5 of the Stairway of SQL Server on Linux
In this level of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux, we learn how to set up and use SQL Agent.
2019-08-06
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Using Client Tools - Level 4 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In the next level of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux learn about the client tools available to connect to your instance.
2019-03-13
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Adding Disks - Level 3 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In this level we examine how to add disks to separate our data, log, and tempdb files.
2018-12-05
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Installing the Database Server - Level 2 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In this next level, we learn how to install SQL Server on Linux and verify that everything is working.
2018-10-17
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Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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