Upgrading your SQL Server Version on Linux is as easy as 1,2,3
With SQL Server 2019 now released, I wanted to try upgrading on Linux as soon as I had a little free time. I was honestly surprised at how simple this really was; and how quick it was. There is documentation on all the supported OSes, but I wanted to very quickly show just how quick it was, as it really is 3 very simple steps: Remove the existing repository. I was using the CU version: sudo add-apt-repository -r ‘deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server-2017 xenial main’ Add the new repository: sudo curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add – sudo add-apt-repository “$(curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/mssql-server-2019.list)” A…