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Installing sample databases

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Installing sample databases

Although SQL Server installs a lot of pieces during that whole long-winded install procedure, sample databases are not one of them, but we can get them. I'm going to open up a browser and go to the address sqlserversamples.codeplex.com. Codeplex.com is a web site where a Microsoft put a whole bunch of extensions and downloadable options you can find for SQL Server and other things. And on this page, you will find product code samples for SQL Server 2008, but the things that I'm looking for are the AdventureWorks 2008R2 sample databases. If you've been working with Microsoft technologies for a few years, you might be familiar with the classic sample databases that Microsoft have had like Northwind and Pubs. AdventureWorks is the company that they came up with a few years ago and I'm going to go and click the link that says they can be downloaded from here. They're a lot bigger than the old Northwind and Pubs sample databases ever were. And if I agree to this, I'm going to download…

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