I hear from a source 'close to the matter' that the Linux version of SQL Server will only support the SELECT statement and only on a single table: this is because tables are currently implemented as world readable csv files on the Linux file system (in the ~scott/.tiger directory in quiet homage to Oracle). Unfortunately this also means values containing commas will break SQL Server quite badly. But it does mean SQL Server on Linux is completely immune to the infamous 'Bobby Tables' hack, so well documented by the Xkcd security consultants group.
However, as the next version will be implemented using sed and awk, insert and update functionality can't be that far away. I'm truly excited.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
