Sql server® 2012 t-sql fundamentals

Installing an On-Premises Implementation of SQL Server

This section is relevant for those who want to run the code samples in this book and practice the exer-

cises against an on-premises instance of SQL Server and don’t already have access to one. You can use 

any edition of SQL Server 2012 except SQL Server Compact, which doesn’t have full-fledged T-SQL 

support as the other editions do. Assuming that you don’t already have an instance of SQL Server to 

connect to, the following sections describe where you can obtain SQL Server and how to install it.