Node.js MSSQL tedius ConnectionError: Failed to connect to localhost:1433 - connect ECONNREFUSED

Question

I am trying to connect to MSSQL 2012 using NodeJS with the mssql connection interface.

When attempting to connect I get the following error:

{ [Conn         


        

Answer 1

My issue was that I needed to start sqlserver using docker first on my mac using this command

sudo docker start sqlserver