fabiang/sqlcmd repository overview

⁠fabiang/sqlcmd

Sqlcmd – command line tool for Microsoft SQL Server. Docker image for the new sqlcmd is also available⁠.

This image also includes a small program called dos2unix⁠, which allows converting Windows line endings to Unix, as sqlcmd returns data with "\r\n".

⁠Available tags

• 18.6.2.1-1, 18.6-alpine, 18.6, 18-alpine, 18, latest-alpine, latest
• 18.4.1.1-1, 18.4-alpine, 18.4
• 18.2.1.1-1, 18.2-alpine, 18.2
• 17.11.1.1-1, 17.11-alpine, 17.11, 17-alpine, 17
• 17.10.1.1-1, 17.10-alpine

Warning: Ubuntu images are no longer build as of July 22 2026

• 18.4.1.1-1-ubuntu24.04, 18.4.1.1-1, 18.4-ubuntu, 18.4, 18-ubuntu, 18, latest-ubuntu
• 18.2.1.1-1-ubuntu22.04, 18.2.1.1-1, 18.2-ubuntu
• 17.10.1.1-1-ubuntu22.04, 17.10.1.1-1, 17.10-ubuntu, 17.10, 17-ubuntu
• 17.4.1.1-1-ubuntu18.04, 17.4.1.1-1, 17.4-ubuntu

⁠License

When using this container you consent with the following licenses:

• MICROSOFT COMMAND LINE UTILITIES FOR SQL SERVER-UBUNTU LINUX⁠
• MICROSOFT ODBC DRIVER 17 FOR SQL SERVER⁠ when using version 17.x of this Docker image
• MICROSOFT ODBC DRIVER 18 FOR SQL SERVER⁠ when using version 18.x of this Docker image

All other parts of this repository are licensed under BSD 2-Clause License⁠.

⁠Usage

Connect to an Sqlsrv inside another container (Container name is "my-sqlsrv"):

docker run -it --link my-sqlsrv:sqlsrv fabiang/sqlcmd -S sqlsrv -U sa

Or to any other server on the network:

docker run -it fabiang/sqlcmd -S some-sqlsrv -U sa

Get available options with:

docker run -it fabiang/sqlcmd '-?'