Installing SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services

With SQL Server 2017, Reporting Services is a separate install. Download install from Microsoft site. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=55252 After you have installed it, you will need to configure it via Report Server Configuration Manager. Once configured, you will be able to access SSRS via link http://server01/ReportServer.

SQL Server Named Pipes

After SQL Server install, need to enable Named Pipes in order to be accessible from SQL Server Management Studio. Go to SQL Server Configuration Manager to enable Named Pipes and TCP/IP. Also need to restart services.

Create SQL Login Account Script

sp_change_users_login Maps an existing database user to a SQL Server login.  Syntax Arguments [ @Action= ] ‘action‘Describes the action to be performed by the procedure. action is varchar(10). action can have one of the following values. Value Description Auto_Fix Links a user entry in the sys.database_principals system catalog view in the current database to a SQL Server login of the... » read more

Create Database Script

Example 1 Example 2 Make sure the following folders are created already. C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Data C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Log Result: C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Data\MyDatabase01.mdf C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Data\fgData_01.ndf C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Data\fgIdx_01.ndf C:\MSSQL\MyDatabase01\Log\MyDatabase01Log_01.ldf

int, bigint, smallint, and tinyint in SQL Server

Data type Range Storage bigint -2^63 (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808) to 2^63-1 (9,223,372,036,854,775,807) 8 Bytes int -2^31 (-2,147,483,648) to 2^31-1 (2,147,483,647) 4 Bytes smallint -2^15 (-32,768) to 2^15-1 (32,767) 2 Bytes tinyint 0 to 255 1 Byte Sources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/int-bigint-smallint-and-tinyint-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017