sql-by-example

SQL Server By Example

Procedure

1. Read the collection overview and select ADR, containers, the data hub, Kubernetes, or performance. Read the selected subfolder's README and actual scripts/notebooks.
2. Verify the historical SQL version/build, edition, sample database, tools, and connector requirements. Check current compatibility before using an old container tag, Kubernetes manifest, driver, or external service endpoint.
3. Inspect paths, targets, credentials, notebook outputs, and cleanup. Obtain approval before installing tools, provisioning resources, restoring data, changing configuration, or running stress/failure reproductions.
4. Execute the chosen walkthrough in numeric/session order on a disposable lab. Validate its specific result: recovery, container state, external joins, query-plan behavior, or live profiling evidence.
5. Distinguish captured notebook output from current measurements. Use synthetic data and privately supplied connection settings; inherited credential examples must not be published as working configuration.
6. Stop lab processes, close transactions, and follow the selected teardown with approval before removing databases, containers, or persistent storage.

This collection retains its own sqlperf/iqp material. It does not import the separate demos/sqlserver/iqp collection. Follow secret checks before publishing.