# MSSQL Intergration
To integrate any database with nodejs you need a driver package or you can call it a npm module which will provide you with basic API to connect with the database and perform interactions . Same is true with mssql database , here we will integrate mssql with nodejs and perform some basic queries on SQL tabels.
# Connecting with SQL via. mssql npm module
We will start with creating a simple node application with a basic structure and then connecting with local sql server database and performing some queries on that database.
Step 1: Create a directory/folder by the name of project which you intent to create. Initialize a node application using npm init command which will create a package.json in current directory .
mkdir mySqlApp
//folder created
cd mwSqlApp
//change to newly created directory
npm init
//answer all the question ..
npm install
//This will complete quickly since we have not added any packages to our app.
Step 2: Now we will create a App.js file in this directory and install some packages which we are going to need to connect to sql db.
sudo gedit App.js
//This will create App.js file , you can use your fav. text editor :)
npm install --save mssql
//This will install the mssql package to you app
Step 3: Now we will add a basic configuration variable to our application which will be used by mssql module to establish a connection .
console.log("Hello world, This is an app to connect to sql server.");
var config = {
"user": "myusername", //default is sa
"password": "yourStrong(!)Password",
"server": "localhost", // for local machine
"database": "staging", // name of database
"options": {
"encrypt": true
}
}
sql.connect(config, err => {
if(err){
throw err ;
}
console.log("Connection Successful !");
new sql.Request().query('select 1 as number', (err, result) => {
//handle err
console.dir(result)
// This example uses callbacks strategy for getting results.
})
});
sql.on('error', err => {
// ... error handler
console.log("Sql database connection error " ,err);
})
Step 4: This is the easiest step ,where we start the application and the application will connect to the sql server and print out some simple results .
node App.js
// Output :
// Hello world, This is an app to connect to sql server.
// Connection Successful !
// 1
To use promises or async for query execution refer the official documents of the mssql package :
# Remarks
We have assumed that we will have a local instance of mssql database server running on local machine . You can refer this document (opens new window) to do the same .
Also make sure you appropriate user created with privileges added as well.