linux

In this post I cover the steps required to change (downgrade or upgrade) the edition of a SQL Server instance running on Linux. In my previous post I’ve went through …

Previously I’ve set up an Ubuntu 24.04 VM, so I figured I’d cover the process of setting up SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04. The post is mainly aimed toward …

I needed a fresh Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox this weekend so I figured I can take this opportunity to refresh my PowerShell based process. Prerequisites For this VM I’m using …

This post covers creating SQL Server 2025 containers in Podman, Qnap Container Station, and sqlcmd, and restoring a sample database to test the new version. Prerequisites For Podman and go-sqlcmd, …

This is a brief post demoing how to benchmark LAN throughput using iPerf3 between a Linux machine and a PC running Windows. What’s iPerf3? iPerf3 is a cross-platform tool for …

In this post I cover the 0A000086 and “command not found” errors that you might encounter with the new version of SQL Server command-line tools, namely sqlcmd and bcp, for …

In a previous post I’ve covered how to use the new sqlcmd to spin up a SQL Server Developer Edition container, in this post I cover how to achieve that …

This post covers step-by-step instructions on creating a SQL Server Developer edition container using the new Go-based sqlcmd, as well as getting the default login’s password and connecting via SSMS. …

This post documents a fix for an Asus router issue where uploading a new SSL certificate results in an unknown or processing status Intro This is an issue I’ve ran …

This is a brief post containing the steps needed to reset the sa login’s password in SQL Server running on Linux. Intro This is pretty useful if you’ve inherited a …