Introduction

A SQL Server setup guide.

Shout out this blog post.

Tools

• Docker
• SQL Server(using Azure SQL Edge image)

Steps

• Run SQL Sever container using Docker image. Specifically for M1 architecture with the --platform linux/arm64/v8 flag.

  docker run -d --name mssql-server --platform linux/arm64/v8 -e ACCEPT_EULA=Y -e SA_PASSWORD=reallyStrongPwd123 -p 1433:1433 mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge

• SSH into db.

  sqlcmd -U sa -P reallyStrongPwd123 -S 127.0.0.1,1433 -C

• Create database. SQL Server uses TSQL, a SQL variant. Run GO after each query for it to execute.

  create database RSE;
  GO

• Switch to database context, RSE, the database we just created.

  use RSE;
  GO

• View tables.

  SELECT name FROM sys.tables;
  GO

• Create database table Employees.

  CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Employees](
    [EmpNum] [int] PRIMARY KEY,
    [FirstName] [nvarchar](30) NOT NULL,
    [LastName] [nvarchar](30) NOT NULL,
    [MiddleInitial] [nchar](1) NULL,
    [Job] [int] NOT NULL
  );
  GO

• Seed employee data.

  INSERT [dbo].[Employees]([EmpNum], [FirstName], [LastName], [MiddleInitial], [Job])
  VALUES(1001, 'Robert', 'Smith', '', 1);
  INSERT [dbo].[Employees]([EmpNum], [FirstName], [LastName], [MiddleInitial], [Job])
  VALUES(1002, 'Sue', 'Jones', '', 5);
  INSERT [dbo].[Employees]([EmpNum], [FirstName], [LastName], [MiddleInitial], [Job])
  VALUES(1003, 'Alan', 'Doe', 'A', 3);
  INSERT [dbo].[Employees]([EmpNum], [FirstName], [LastName], [MiddleInitial], [Job])
  VALUES(1004, 'Tim', 'Kelly', '', 2);
  INSERT [dbo].[Employees]([EmpNum], [FirstName], [LastName], [MiddleInitial], [Job])
  VALUES(1005, 'Louis', 'Sullivan', '', 2);
  GO

• View all employee rows.

  SELECT * From Employees;
  GO

• Voila!