I got a new laptop recently and instead of installing SQL Server, I decided to try and use containers to see how well this works. This article looks at how I got this working relatively quickly. The short list of things I did is: Install Docker Desktop Create a location for data/logs/etc. Create a docker-compose […]
2026-06-02 (first published: 2024-09-06)
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This short article explains how to quickly run SQL Server in a Docker container, for both Windows and Linux.
2021-08-13 (first published: 2021-08-11)
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In this article we discuss deploying SQL Server containers / images using Azure Kubernetes Cluster.
2021-04-01
Since SQL Server is supported in containers, you can now run a SQL Server instance in your macOS without dual-booting or running a virtual machine. In this article of the series, Carlos Robles demonstrates how to connect to the SQL Server once it’s running.
2020-07-13
Carlos Robles explains how to use Azure Data Studio Notebooks to create SQL containers with Python.
2020-03-24
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In this article you will learn how to use BCP for SQL Server on Linux to export and import data using the BCP command line utility.
2020-01-30
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As more shops begin automating build and deployment pipelines, it’s critical to learn about containerization. In this article, Mircea Oprea walks you through deploying an ASP.NET Core API in a Docker container.
2019-11-12
There are multiple ways to interact with the Docker daemon, as command line client API or GUI based tools like Kitematic. Docker also provides a SDK for Go and Python, this SDK can be used to create and manage Docker containers the same way it works with the Docker engine API.
2019-09-16 (first published: 2019-09-10)
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The use of macOS by developers and IT professionals has gained popularity the past few years. Running a sandboxed SQL Server, however, has been difficult. That changed when Microsoft made SQL Server images on Docker available. In this article, Carlos Robles explains how to get started with Docker when running macOS.
2019-06-20
There are multiple ways to interact with the Docke...
2019-06-13
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There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers