can't connect to azure sql server from ubuntu

Question

I am getting the following error when trying to access my azure sql server from terminal using the command

tsql -H 'myserver.database.windows.net' -U 'myuser' -P 'mypass'

Error:

locale is "en_US.UTF-8"
locale charset is "UTF-8"
using default charset "UTF-8"
Error 20017 (severity 9):
        Unexpected EOF from the server
        OS error 115, "Operation now in progress"
Error 20002 (severity 9):
        Adaptive Server connection failed
There was a problem connecting to the server

also tried using settings in freetds.conf but same error

Answer 1

You need to make sure you're using TDS version 7.4 . Make sure tsql is up to date (you will very likely have to download, build and install from sources ) and then force the version from env:

TDSVER=7.4 tsql -H 'myserver.database.windows.net' -U 'myuser' -P 'mypass'

Answer 2

You can use sqlcmd as well.

sqlcmd -S 'myserver.database.windows.net' -U 'myuser' -P 'mypass'

for configuring sqlcmd use url:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu?view=sql-server-2017