Export/Import Data using BCP - SQL Server on Linux
In this article you will learn how to use BCP for SQL Server on Linux to export and import data using the BCP command line utility.
2020-01-30
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SQL Server on Linux
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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Running Linux SQL Server as a Container
Phil Factor starts a series of articles that will demonstrate the use of temporary SQL Server instances, running in Linux containers, into which we can deploy the latest database build, stocked with data, for development and testing work. This initial article shows how to set up a SQL Server instance inside a Linux Docker container, create some sample databases, and persist data locally.
2019-07-19
How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 4
In this article, Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman continues teaching SQL Server DBAs how to navigate Linux. She demonstrates usings aliases, setting up environment variables, and examining processes.
2019-07-01
SQL Server Agent for SQL Express on Linux
This article will show you how to use crontab to schedule tasks that you want to run on a SQL Server on Linux instance when no Agent is configured.
2019-06-18
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Linux Scripting, Part III
How to build out Azure resources during deployments, using a few handy Azure commands for BASH.
2019-05-31
Quick Tip – How to fix SQL Server 2017 install error on Ubuntu 18.04: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
Problem Recently, when I tried to install SQL Server 2017 (mssql-server package) in Ubuntu 18.04, I encountered the error below: The command that I used to install the mssql-server...
The...
2019-05-20
Running Linux SQL Server as a Container
Phil Factor starts a series of articles that will demonstrate the use of temporary SQL Server instances, running in Linux containers, into which we can deploy the latest database...
2019-05-07
Azure SQL Linux VM – configuring SQL, installing pwsh and connecting and interacting with dbatools
In my posts about using Azure Devops to build Azure resources with Terraform, I built a Linux SQL VM. I used the Terrafrom in this GitHub repository and created...
2019-04-25
Using local repositories with SQL Server on Linux
In this post I want to discuss something I talked about with my colleagues previously relating to offline installations of SQL Server on Linux. Which is something that has been on my mind for a while now.
2019-04-12
Blogs
What’s new in SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.0
Three years ago, when the first public preview of SQL Server 2022 (CTP 2.0)...
Monday Monitor Tips: Beyond SQL Server
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor works with more than SQL Server. Some big changes were announced recently,...
T-SQL REST API Integration in SQL Server 2025: Streamlining T-SQL Snapshot Backups
In this post, I’ll walk you through a T-SQL script that creates application-consistent snapshots...
Forums
Connect tabular model to excel via Power BI semantic model
I have a tabular cube, with myself included in one of the roles. I...
New lightweight pure‑T‑SQL unit‑testing framework (T‑TEST) — feedback welcome
Hi all, I’ve just open‑sourced T‑TEST, a tiny alternative to tSQLt that lives...
Helpful Management Studio Settings and Features
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