Using the New Open Source SQLCMD to Create Containers


In my previous article, I looked at the basics of the new, open-source SQLCMD, which is a new version of sqlcmd written in GO with modern features. This article will cover the features in this utility to help you set up and query containers, which is a really nice feature for getting a new environment set up. We’ll also cover customizing these to start and removing them. You can read the previous article and check out the GitHub repo for the tool.

Getting a SQL Server Container

One of the interesting ways in which I can use go-sqlcmd is to