Please provide binary releases through npm

[beautifulcoder]

I installed msnodelsql through Microsoft downloads. There are no instructions, just trial and error. After fiddling with it for about an hour, I got this weird error:

C:\Dev\HelloWorldNodeAzure\node_modules\msnodesql\lib\sqlserver:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { MZ�
                                                            ^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:443:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
    at require (module.js:384:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Dev\HelloWorldNodeAzure\node_modules\msnodesql\lib
\sqlserver.native.js:21:22)
    at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)

So, it would be awesome if we could just pull the binaries from npm and have it just work. I don't see much point in in providing a binary through a download when you have to manually integrate it with npm. Source packages you have to compile yourself is not a real option.

[meet-bhagdev]

Hi beatiful code please follow this blog post to install msnodesql : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlphp/archive/2015/05/12/getting-started-with-node-js-and-microsoft-sql-server-and-azure-sql-database.aspx

[beautifulcoder]

Sorry, I don't think I was clear. What I would like to see is something like the MongoDB Node.js driver:

• npm install mongodb, for example
• Runs on the latest version of Node.js
• No third party tools like Python or VC++ to set up

The entry level is set too high when you get locked into a specific version of Node.js. It also needs third party tools to compile, which doesn't make much sense.

[meet-bhagdev]

Thanks for the response. The next Node.js driver is in the pipeline. That will be compatible with the latest node.js version. We will also try giving you the binary release via npm. I will coordinate this with my engineering team and keep you posted.
Best,
Meet

[arthurschreiber]

@meet-bhagdev Any news on the next-gen mssql driver? I'm a maintainer of https://github.com/pekim/tedious, which is an open source, pure javascript mssql driver for Node.JS. I'd love to compare performance between the two and see how we compare to the "official" Microsoft Driver. 😄

[meet-bhagdev]

Hello @arthurschreiber ,
It is great to hear from you. The only news I have is that it is in the pipeline and planned for release in the coming months, I can not share any dates with you, but I will let you know once we release :)

[diegobanuelos]

Last post was almost a year ago... any news?