How Do I Connect to a Sql Database in Unix?
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How do I connect to a SQL database in Linux?

The mysql command

  1. -h followed by the server host name (csmysql.cs.cf.ac.uk)
  2. -u followed by the account user name (use your MySQL username)
  3. -p which tells mysql to prompt for a password.
  4. database the name of the database (use your database name).

How do I connect to a local SQL database?

Use SSMS to Connect to the Local Default Instance

  1. For Server Type it is Database Engine.
  2. For the Server Name, we can simply use a dot (.) which will connect to the local default instance of SQL Server.
  3. For the Authentication you can select Windows or SQL Server. …
  4. Then click Connect.
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