Microsoft SQL Server

This is the implementation of the Microsoft SQL Server data handler for MindsDB.

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it stores and retrieves data as requested by other software applications, which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network.

Implementation

This handler is implemented using pymssql, the Python language extension module that provides access to Microsoft SQL Server from Python scripts.

The required arguments to establish a connection are as follows:

• host is the host name or IP address.
• port is the port used to make TCP/IP connection.
• database is the database name.
• user is the database user.
• password is the database password.

If you installed MindsDB locally via pip, you need to install all handler dependencies manually. To do so, go to the handler’s folder (mindsdb/integrations/handlers/mssql_handler) and run this command: pip install -r requirements.txt.

Usage

In order to make use of this handler and connect to the SQL Server database in MindsDB, the following syntax can be used:

CREATE DATABASE mssql_datasource
WITH
    engine = 'mssql',
    parameters = {
      "host": "127.0.0.1",
      "port": 1433,
      "database": "master",
      "user": "sa",
      "password": "password"
    };

You can use this established connection to query your table as follows:

SELECT *
FROM mssql_datasource.example_tbl;