node-mssql

An easy-to-use MSSQL database connector for Node.js.

There are some TDS modules which offer functionality to communicate with MSSQL databases but none of them does offer enough comfort - implementation takes a lot of lines of code. So I decided to create this module, that make work as easy as it could without losing any important functionality. node-mssql uses other TDS modules as drivers and offer easy to use unified interface. It also add extra features and bug fixes.

There is also co wrapper available - co-mssql.

Extra features:

• Unified interface for multiple MSSQL modules
• Connection pooling with Transactions and Prepared statements
• Parametrized Stored Procedures in node-tds and Microsoft Driver for Node.js for SQL Server
• Serialization of Geography and Geometry CLR types
• Injects original TDS modules with enhancements and bug fixes

At the moment it support three TDS modules:

• Tedious by Mike D Pilsbury (pure javascript - windows/osx/linux)
• Microsoft Driver for Node.js for SQL Server by Microsoft Corporation (native - windows only)
• node-tds by Chad Retz (pure javascript - windows/osx/linux)

What's new in 0.5.3 (stable, npm)

• Support for Prepared Statements
• Fixed order of output parameters
• Minor fixes in node-tds driver

What's new in 0.5.1

• Updated to new Tedious 0.2.2
  • Added support for TDS 7.4
  • Added request cancelation
  • Added support for UDT, TVP, Time, Date, DateTime2 and DateTimeOffset data types
  • Numeric, Decimal, SmallMoney and Money are now supported as input parameters
  • Fixed compatibility with TDS 7.1 (SQL Server 2000)
  • Minor fixes
• You can now easily set up types' length/scale (sql.VarChar(50))
• Serialization of Geography and Geometry CLR types
• Support for creating Table-Value Parameters (var tvp = new sql.Table())
• Output parameters are now Input-Output and can handle initial value
• Option to choose whether to pass/receive times in UTC or local time
• Connecting to named instances simplified
• Default SQL data type for JS String type is now NVarChar (was VarChar)

Installation

npm install mssql

Quick Example

var sql = require('mssql'); 

var config = {
    user: '...',
    password: '...',
    server: 'localhost', // You can use 'localhost\\instance' to connect to named instance
    database: '...'
}

var connection = new sql.Connection(config, function(err) {
    // ... error checks
    
    // Query
	
    var request = new sql.Request(connection); // or: var request = connection.request();
    request.query('select 1 as number', function(err, recordset) {
        // ... error checks
        
        console.dir(recordset);
    });
	
    // Stored Procedure
	
    var request = new sql.Request(connection);
    request.input('input_parameter', sql.Int, 10);
    request.output('output_parameter', sql.VarChar(50));
    request.execute('procedure_name', function(err, recordsets, returnValue) {
        // ... error checks
        
        console.dir(recordsets);
    });
	
});

Quick Example with one global connection

var sql = require('mssql'); 

var config = {
    user: '...',
    password: '...',
    server: 'localhost', // You can use 'localhost\\instance' to connect to named instance
    database: '...'
}

sql.connect(config, function(err) {
    // ... error checks
	
    // Query
	
    var request = new sql.Request();
    request.query('select 1 as number', function(err, recordset) {
        // ... error checks

        console.dir(recordset);
    });
	
    // Stored Procedure
	
    var request = new sql.Request();
    request.input('input_parameter', sql.Int, value);
    request.output('output_parameter', sql.VarChar(50));
    request.execute('procedure_name', function(err, recordsets, returnValue) {
        // ... error checks

        console.dir(recordsets);
    });
	
});

Documentation

Configuration

• Basic
• Tedious
• Microsoft Driver for Node.js for SQL Server
• node-tds

Connections

• Connection
• connect
• close

Requests

• Request
• execute
• input
• output
• query
• cancel

Transactions

• Transaction
• begin
• commit
• rollback

Prepared Statements

• PreparedStatement
• input
• output
• prepare
• execute
• unprepare

Other

• Geography and Geometry
• Table-Valued Parameter
• Errors
• Metadata
• Data Types
• Verbose Mode
• Known Issues

Configuration

var config = {
    user: '...',
    password: '...',
    server: 'localhost',
    database: '...',
    pool: {
        max: 10,
        min: 0,
        idleTimeoutMillis: 30000
    }
}

• driver - Driver to use (default: tedious). Possible values: tedious, msnodesql or tds.
• user - User name to use for authentication.
• password - Password to use for authentication.
• server - Server to connect to. You can use 'localhost\instance' to connect to named instance.
• port - Port to connect to (default: 1433). Don't set when connecting to named instance.
• database - Database to connect to (default: dependent on server configuration).
• timeout - Connection timeout in ms (default: 15000).
• pool.max - The maximum number of connections there can be in the pool (default: 10).
• pool.min - The minimun of connections there can be in the pool (default: 0).
• pool.idleTimeoutMillis - The Number of milliseconds before closing an unused connection (default: 30000).

• options.instanceName - The instance name to connect to. The SQL Server Browser service must be running on the database server, and UDP port 1444 on the database server must be reachable.
• options.useUTC - A boolean determining whether or not use UTC time for values without time zone offset (default: true).
• options.encrypt - A boolean determining whether or not the connection will be encrypted (default: false) Encryption support is experimental.
• options.tdsVersion - The version of TDS to use (default: 7_4, available: 7_1, 7_2, 7_3_A, 7_3_B, 7_4).

More information about Tedious specific options: http://pekim.github.io/tedious/api-connection.html

This driver is not part of the default package and must be installed separately by npm install msnodesql. If you are looking for compiled binaries, see node-sqlserver-binary.

• options.instanceName - The instance name to connect to. The SQL Server Browser service must be running on the database server, and UDP port 1444 on the database server must be reachable.
• connectionString - Connection string (default: see below).
• options.trustedConnection - Use Windows Authentication (default: false).
• options.useUTC - A boolean determining whether or not to use UTC time for values without time zone offset (default: true).

Default connection string when connecting to port:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server={#{server},#{port}};Database={#{database}};Uid={#{user}};Pwd={#{password}};Trusted_Connection={#{trusted}};

Default connection string when connecting to named instance:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server={#{server}\\#{instance}};Database={#{database}};Uid={#{user}};Pwd={#{password}};Trusted_Connection={#{trusted}};

This driver is not part of the default package and must be installed separately by npm install tds.

This module update node-tds driver with extra features and bug fixes by overriding some of its internal functions. If you want to disable this, require module with var sql = require('mssql/nofix').

var connection = new sql.Connection({ /* config */ });

Events

• connect - Dispatched after connection has established.
• close - Dispatched after connection has closed a pool (by calling close).

Create connection to the server.

Arguments

• callback(err) - A callback which is called after connection has established, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var connection = new sql.Connection({
    user: '...',
    password: '...',
    server: 'localhost',
    database: '...'
});

connection.connect(function(err) {
    // ...
});

Close connection to the server.

Example

connection.close();

var request = new sql.Request(/* [connection] */);

If you omit connection argument, global connection is used instead.

Events

• recordset(recordset) - Dispatched when new recordset is parsed (and all its rows).
• row(row) - Dispatched when new row is parsed.
• done(err, recordsets) - Dispatched when request is complete.

Call a stored procedure.

Arguments

• procedure - Name of the stored procedure to be executed.
• callback(err, recordsets, returnValue) - A callback which is called after execution has completed, or an error has occurred. returnValue is also accessible as property of recordsets.

Example

var request = new sql.Request();
request.input('input_parameter', sql.Int, value);
request.output('output_parameter', sql.Int);
request.execute('procedure_name', function(err, recordsets, returnValue) {
    // ... error checks
    
    console.log(recordsets.length); // count of recordsets returned by the procedure
    console.log(recordsets[0].length); // count of rows contained in first recordset
    console.log(returnValue); // procedure return value
    console.log(recordsets.returnValue); // same as previous line
	
    console.log(request.parameters.output_parameter.value); // output value
	
    // ...
});

Add an input parameter to the request.

Arguments

• name - Name of the input parameter without @ char.
• type - SQL data type of input parameter. If you omit type, module automaticaly decide which SQL data type should be used based on JS data type.
• value - Input parameter value. undefined ans NaN values are automatically converted to null values.

Example

request.input('input_parameter', value);
request.input('input_parameter', sql.Int, value);

JS Data Type To SQL Data Type Map

• String -> sql.NVarChar
• Number -> sql.Int
• Boolean -> sql.Bit
• Date -> sql.DateTime
• Buffer -> sql.VarBinary
• sql.Table -> sql.TVP

Default data type for unknown object is sql.NVarChar.

You can define your own type map.

sql.map.register(MyClass, sql.Text);

You can also overwrite the default type map.

sql.map.register(Number, sql.BigInt);

Add an output parameter to the request.

Arguments

• name - Name of the output parameter without @ char.
• type - SQL data type of output parameter.
• value - Output parameter value initial value. undefined and NaN values are automatically converted to null values. Optional.

Example

request.output('output_parameter', sql.Int);
request.output('output_parameter', sql.VarChar(50), 'abc');

Execute the SQL command.

Arguments

• command - T-SQL command to be executed.
• callback(err, recordset) - A callback which is called after execution has completed, or an error has occurred.

Example

var request = new sql.Request();
request.query('select 1 as number', function(err, recordset) {
    // ... error checks
    
    console.log(recordset[0].number); // return 1
	
    // ...
});

You can enable multiple recordsets in queries with the request.multiple = true command.

var request = new sql.Request();
request.multiple = true;

request.query('select 1 as number; select 2 as number', function(err, recordsets) {
    // ... error checks
    
    console.log(recordsets[0][0].number); // return 1
    console.log(recordsets[1][0].number); // return 2
});

Cancel currently executing request. Return true if cancellation packet was send successfully. Not available in msnodesql and tds drivers.

Example

var request = new sql.Request();
request.query('waitfor delay \'00:00:05\'; select 1 as number', function(err, recordset) {
    console.log(err instanceof sql.RequestError);  // true
    console.log(err.message);                      // Canceled.
    console.log(err.code);                         // ECANCEL
	
    // ...
});

request.cancel();

Important: always use Transaction class to create transactions - it ensures that all your requests are executed on one connection. Once you call begin, a single connection is acquired from the connection pool and all subsequent requests (initialized with the Transaction object) are executed exclusively on this connection. Transaction also contains a queue to make sure your requests are executed in series. After you call commit or rollback, connection is then released back to the connection pool.

var transaction = new sql.Transaction(/* [connection] */);

If you omit connection argument, global connection is used instead.

Example

var transaction = new sql.Transaction(/* [connection] */);
transaction.begin(function(err) {
    // ... error checks

    var request = new sql.Request(transaction);
    request.query('insert into mytable (mycolumn) values (12345)', function(err, recordset) {
        // ... error checks

        transaction.commit(function(err, recordset) {
            // ... error checks
            
            console.log("Transaction commited.");
        });
    });
});

Transaction can also be created by var transaction = connection.transaction();. Requests can also be created by var request = transaction.request();.

Events

• begin - Dispatched when transaction begin.
• commit - Dispatched on successful commit.
• rollback - Dispatched on successful rollback.

Begin a transaction.

Arguments

• isolationLevel - Controls the locking and row versioning behavior of TSQL statements issued by a connection. Optional. READ_COMMITTED by default. For possible values see sql.ISOLATION_LEVEL.
• callback(err) - A callback which is called after transaction has began, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var transaction = new sql.Transaction();
transaction.begin(function(err) {
    // ... error checks
});

Commit a transaction.

Arguments

• callback(err) - A callback which is called after transaction has committed, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var transaction = new sql.Transaction();
transaction.begin(function(err) {
    // ... error checks
    
    transaction.commit(function(err) {
        // ... error checks
    })
});

Rollback a transaction.

Arguments

• callback(err) - A callback which is called after transaction has rolled back, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var transaction = new sql.Transaction();
transaction.begin(function(err) {
    // ... error checks
    
    transaction.rollback(function(err) {
        // ... error checks
    })
});

Important: always use PreparedStatement class to create prepared statements - it ensures that all your executions of prepared statement are executed on one connection. Once you call prepare, a single connection is aquired from the connection pool and all subsequent executions are executed exclusively on this connection. Prepared Statement also contains a queue to make sure your executions are executed in series. After you call unprepare, the connection is then released back to the connection pool.

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement(/* [connection] */);

If you omit the connection argument, the global connection is used instead.

Example

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement(/* [connection] */);
ps.input('param', sql.Int);
ps.prepare('select @param as value', function(err, recordsets) {
    // ... error checks

    ps.execute({param: 12345}, function(err, recordset) {
        // ... error checks

        ps.unprepare(function(err) {
            // ... error checks
            
        });
    });
});

IMPORTANT: Remember that each prepared statement means one reserved connection from the pool. Don't forget to unprepare a prepared statement!

TIP: You can also create prepared statements in transactions (new sql.PreparedStatement(transaction)), but keep in mind you can't execute other requests in the transaction until you call unprepare.

Add an input parameter to the prepared statement.

Arguments

• name - Name of the input parameter without @ char.
• type - SQL data type of input parameter.

Example

ps.input('input_parameter', sql.Int);
ps.input('input_parameter', sql.VarChar(50));

Add an output parameter to the prepared statement.

Arguments

• name - Name of the output parameter without @ char.
• type - SQL data type of output parameter.

Example

ps.output('output_parameter', sql.Int);
ps.output('output_parameter', sql.VarChar(50));

Prepare a statement.

Arguments

• statement - T-SQL statement to prepare.
• callback(err) - A callback which is called after preparation has completed, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement();
ps.prepare('select @param as value', function(err) {
    // ... error checks
});

Execute a prepared statement.

Arguments

• values - An object whose names correspond to the names of parameters that were added to the prepared statement before it was prepared.
• callback(err) - A callback which is called after execution has completed, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement();
ps.input('param', sql.Int);
ps.prepare('select @param as value', function(err) {
    // ... error checks
    
    ps.execute({param: 12345}, function(err, recordset) {
        // ... error checks
        
        console.log(recordset[0].value); // return 12345
    })
});

You can enable multiple recordsets by ps.multiple = true command.

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement();
ps.input('param', sql.Int);
ps.prepare('select @param as value', function(err) {
    // ... error checks
    
    ps.multiple = true;
    ps.execute({param: 12345}, function(err, recordsets) {
        // ... error checks
        
        console.log(recordsets[0][0].value); // return 12345
    })
});

Unprepare a prepared statement.

Arguments

• callback(err) - A callback which is called after unpreparation has completed, or an error has occurred. Optional.

Example

var ps = new sql.PreparedStatement();
ps.input('param', sql.Int);
ps.prepare('select @param as value', function(err, recordsets) {
    // ... error checks

    ps.unprepare(function(err) {
        // ... error checks
        
    });
});

node-mssql has built-in serializer for Geography and Geometry CLR data types.

select geography::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING(-122.360 47.656, -122.343 47.656 )', 4326)
select geometry::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING (100 100 10.3 12, 20 180, 180 180)', 0)

Results in:

{ srid: 4326,
  version: 1,
  points: [ { x: 47.656, y: -122.36 }, { x: 47.656, y: -122.343 } ],
  figures: [ { attribute: 1, pointOffset: 0 } ],
  shapes: [ { parentOffset: -1, figureOffset: 0, type: 2 } ],
  segments: [] }
  
{ srid: 0,
  version: 1,
  points: 
   [ { x: 100, y: 100, z: 10.3, m: 12 },
     { x: 20, y: 180, z: NaN, m: NaN },
     { x: 180, y: 180, z: NaN, m: NaN } ],
  figures: [ { attribute: 1, pointOffset: 0 } ],
  shapes: [ { parentOffset: -1, figureOffset: 0, type: 2 } ],
  segments: [] }

Supported on SQL Server 2008 and later. Not supported by optional drivers msnodesql and tds. You can pass a data table as a parameter to stored procedure. First, we have to create custom type in our database.

CREATE TYPE TestType AS TABLE ( a VARCHAR(50), b INT );

Next we will need a stored procedure.

CREATE PROCEDURE MyCustomStoredProcedure (@tvp TestType readonly) AS SELECT * FROM @tvp

Now let's go back to our Node.js app.

var tvp = new sql.Table()

// Columns must correspond with type we have created in database.
tvp.columns.add('a', sql.VarChar(50));
tvp.columns.add('b', sql.Int);

// Add rows
tvp.rows.add('hello tvp', 777); // Values are in same order as columns.

You can send table as a parameter to stored procedure.

var request = new sql.Request();
request.input('tvp', tvp);
request.execute('MyCustomStoredProcedure', function(err, recordsets, returnValue) {
    // ... error checks
    
    console.dir(recordsets[0][0]); // {a: 'hello tvp', b: 777}
});

TIP: You can also create Table variable from any recordset with recordset.toTable().

There are three type of errors you can handle:

• ConnectionError - Errors related to connections and connection pool.
• TransactionError - Errors related to creating, commiting and rolling back transactions.
• RequestError - Errors related to queries and stored procedures execution.
• PreparedStatementError - Errors related to prepared statements.

Those errors are initialized in node-mssql module and its original stack can be cropped. You can always access original error with err.originalError.

Recordset metadata are accessible through the recordset.columns property.

var request = new sql.Request();
request.query('select 1 as first, \'asdf\' as second', function(err, recordset) {
    console.dir(recordset.columns);
	
    console.log(recordset.columns.first.type === sql.Int); // true
    console.log(recordset.columns.second.type === sql.VarChar); // true
});

Columns structure for example above:

{ first: { name: 'first', length: 10, type: [sql.Int] },
  second: { name: 'second', length: 4, type: [sql.VarChar] } }

You can define data types with length/precision/scale:

request.input("name", sql.VarChar, "abc");               // varchar(3)
request.input("name", sql.VarChar(50), "abc");           // varchar(50)
request.input("name", sql.VarChar(sql.MAX), "abc");      // varchar(MAX)
request.output("name", sql.VarChar);                     // varchar(8000)
request.output("name", sql.VarChar, "abc");              // varchar(3)

request.input("name", sql.Decimal, 155.33);              // decimal(18, 0)
request.input("name", sql.Decimal(10), 155.33);          // decimal(10, 0)
request.input("name", sql.Decimal(10, 2), 155.33);       // decimal(10, 2)

request.input("name", sql.DateTime2, new Date());        // datetime2(7)
request.input("name", sql.DateTime2(5), new Date());     // datetime2(5)

List of supported data types:

sql.Bit
sql.BigInt
sql.Decimal ([precision], [scale])
sql.Float
sql.Int
sql.Money
sql.Numeric ([precision], [scale])
sql.SmallInt
sql.SmallMoney
sql.Real
sql.TinyInt

sql.Char ([length])
sql.NChar ([length])
sql.Text
sql.NText
sql.VarChar ([length])
sql.NVarChar ([length])
sql.Xml

sql.Time ([scale])
sql.Date
sql.DateTime
sql.DateTime2 ([scale])
sql.DateTimeOffset ([scale])
sql.SmallDateTime

sql.UniqueIdentifier

sql.Binary
sql.VarBinary ([length])
sql.Image

sql.UDT
sql.Geography
sql.Geometry

To setup MAX length for VarChar, NVarChar and VarBinary use sql.MAX length.

You can enable verbose mode by request.verbose = true command.

var request = new sql.Request();
request.verbose = true;
request.input('username', 'patriksimek');
request.input('password', 'dontuseplaintextpassword');
request.input('attempts', 2);
request.execute('my_stored_procedure');

Output for the example above could look similar to this.

---------- sql execute --------
     proc: my_stored_procedure
    input: @username, varchar, patriksimek
    input: @password, varchar, dontuseplaintextpassword
    input: @attempts, bigint, 2
---------- response -----------
{ id: 1,
  username: 'patriksimek',
  password: 'dontuseplaintextpassword',
  email: null,
  language: 'en',
  attempts: 2 }
---------- --------------------
   return: 0
 duration: 5ms
---------- completed ----------

Tedious

• If you're facing problems with connecting SQL Server 2000, try setting the default TDS version to 7.1 with config.options.tdsVersion = '7_1' (issue)

msnodesql

• msnodesql 0.2.1 contains bug in DateTimeOffset (reported)

node-tds

• If you're facing problems with date, try changing your tsql language set language 'English';.
• node-tds 0.1.0 doesn't support connecting to named instances.
• node-tds 0.1.0 contains bug and return same value for columns with same name.
• node-tds 0.1.0 doesn't support codepage of input parameters.
• node-tds 0.1.0 contains bug in selects that doesn't return any values (select @param = 'value').
• node-tds 0.1.0 doesn't support Binary, VarBinary and Image as parameters.
• node-tds 0.1.0 always return date/time values in local time.

Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Patrik Simek

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