What are some ways of accessing Microsoft SQL Server from Linux?

Question

We have a Windows machine running SQL Server 2005, and we need to be able to run some database queries on it from a Linux box. What are some of the recommended ways of doin

Answer 1

There is a nice CLI based tool for accessing MSSQL databases now.

It's called mssql-cli and it's a bit similar to postgres' psql.

Gihub repository page

Install for example via pip (global installation, for a local one omit the sudo part):

sudo pip install mssql-cli