From 1261b8117c428263ff2f8fbd260678fda7de037a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jos de Bruijn Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:49:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] updates to reflect increased feature support in standard and express --- .../wide-world-importers/wwi-database-scripts/README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-database-scripts/README.md b/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-database-scripts/README.md index cbecca2f..207959bc 100644 --- a/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-database-scripts/README.md +++ b/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-database-scripts/README.md @@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ A pre-created version of the database is available for download as part of the l ## About this sample -1. **Applies to:** SQL Server 2016 (or higher), Azure SQL Database [testing and modified instructions are TBD] +1. **Applies to:** SQL Server 2016 (SP1 or later is recommended), Azure SQL Database 1. **Key features:** Core database features 1. **Workload:** OLTP 1. **Programming Language:** T-SQL 1. **Authors:** Greg Low, Denzil Ribeiro, Jos de Bruijn -1. **Update history:** 25 May 2016 - initial revision @@ -64,8 +63,10 @@ Note that a different outcome is produced each time it is run as it uses many ra StartDate and EndDate cover the period for generation. Other code populates the 2012 period when expanding the columnstore tables so do not populate back into 2012 or earlier with this procedure. The EndDate must also be at or before the current date as temporal tables do not allow future dates. You can configure the amount of data produced by modifying the number of orders per day. The default is 60 orders and produces a reasonable OLTP database size of around 93MB compressed. You are also able to configure how busy Saturday and Sunday are compared to normal Monday to Friday working days, as a percentage. The suggested values are 50% for Saturday and 0% for Sunday. -7. Execute the script **7-wwi-enable-full-features.sql**. This script enables features not available in standard edition. Skip this step when creating the sample database targeting standard edition. +7. (optional) Execute the script **7-wwi-enable-full-features.sql**. This script enables features for the full version of the sample database. + - When using SQL Server 2016 SP1 (or a later servicing release), the full feature are supported across all editions of SQL Server, including Standard and Express edition. + - With Azure SQL Database, at the time of writing, some of the full features are supported only in Premium-tier databases, so you should skip this step when targeting a Standard-tier database. - Note: Full-Text Indexing should be installed in order to configure the full-text options. If the feature is not installed, you will receive a warning message when running the script. 8. Execute the script **8-wwi-backup.sql**. This creates a backup of the database. Make sure to adjust the file path of the backup to match your folder structure. (A sample restore script **9-wwi-restore.sql** is also provided).