Connect to SQL Server database from Node.js

Question

The question duplicates some older questions, but the things may have changed since then.

Is there some official support for connecting to SQL Server from Node.js (e

Answer 1

//start the program
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/', function (req, res) {

    var sql = require("mssql");

    // config for your database
    var config = {
        user: 'datapullman',
        password: 'system',
        server: 'localhost', 
        database: 'chat6' 
    };

    // connect to your database
    sql.connect(config, function (err) {

        if (err) console.log(err);

        // create Request object
        var request = new sql.Request();

        // query to the database and get the records

        request.query("select * From emp", function (err, recordset) {            
            if  (err) console.log(err)

            // send records as a response
            res.send(recordset);

        });
    });
});

var server = app.listen(5000, function () {
    console.log('Server is running..');
});

//create a table as emp in a database (i have created as chat6)

// programs ends here

//save it as app.js and run as node app.js //open in you browser as localhost:5000