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How to install the SQl Server client on Linux ?
How to install the SQl Server client on Linux ? Anyone have steps and MS link for this? Thanks in advance
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Microsoft do not support SSMS on non-windows operating systems. If you have another piece of client software you'd like to connect to SQL Server, MS provide a linux ODBC driver - [
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568451.aspx][1]. The installation steps are here - [
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568454.aspx][2] If you're looking for a SQL Server query editing tool for linux, you might try something like SQuirreL ([
http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/][3]), RazorSQL ([
http://razorsql.com/][4]) or the like [1]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568451.aspx [2]:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568454.aspx [3]:
http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/ [4]:
http://razorsql.com/
One option would be to set up a virtual machine within Linux and install SSMS within the VM.
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