INSERT INTO Users (Username, Email) VALUES (@Username, @Email);
SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition is a free, full-featured version of SQL Server that includes all the capabilities of the Enterprise Edition . It is specifically designed for developers to build, test, and demonstrate applications in non-production environments. Key Features & Capabilities
This setup gives you a production-like development environment at zero cost!
This is the "killer feature" of 2019. It uses machine learning logic to automatically optimize queries without you rewriting code.
SQL Server 2019 introduces full support for UTF-8 character encoding.
: Enhanced PolyBase enables querying across various data sources (Oracle, MongoDB, Teradata) without moving or replicating data.
: Improvements like Batch Mode on Row Store and Scalar UDF Inlining to enhance query performance.
docker run -e "ACCEPT_EULA=Y" -e "SA_PASSWORD=YourStrong@Passw0rd" \ -p 1433:1433 --name sql2019 \ -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
If you want to connect from Docker containers, other VMs, or applications running on WSL2, you must enable TCP/IP.
The primary distinction of the Developer Edition is its legal license: SQL Server Developer Edition – a FAQ article
-- Create a useful function CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetActiveUsers() RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN ( SELECT UserID, Username, Email, CreatedDate FROM Users WHERE IsActive = 1 ); GO
Since Developer Edition runs on Linux, you can spin it up in Docker on Windows 10/11. This is cleaner than installing it directly on Windows.