Chapter 3
Installing the Sample Databases
You will need two sample databases for the future tutorials in this book and for many tutorials on the web; both are provided by Microsoft. The AdventureWorks2012 database is an example database that simulates a bike retailer. It contains HR, accounting, and sales data for online transactions and store sales. The AdventureWorksDW2012 database is an example data warehouse for the same bike reseller.
The two sample databases are not installed by default with SQL Server 2012. You can download the sample databases used for this book at the Wrox website at www.wrox.com/go/SQLSever2012DataSets.
To use the AdventureWorks2012 database, you must enable the Full Text Search feature and enable the FileStream feature in SQL Server 2012. In addition, the SQL Server Full Text service must be running. You can still install the AdventureWorksDW2012 database without these, but not the AdventureWorks2012 database.
To install the Full Text Search feature, you must go back to the SQL Server Installation Center under SQL Server 2012 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Installation Center. Walk through the installation wizard again as if you were doing a new installation, but when you get to the Feature Selection screen, ensure Full Text Search and Semantic Extractions for Search are selected.
The FileStream feature enables you to store files quickly and easily on the filesystem of the server, but they are treated like columns in a table. When you back up the ...
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