golang and ms sqlserver using sqlx and go-mssqldb

docker-compose.yaml

version: '3'
services:
  mssql:
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-CU8-ubuntu
    environment:
      - ACCEPT_EULA=Y
      - SA_PASSWORD=Melon40twomonkeys
    ports:
      - '1433:1433'

main.go

package main

import (
	"database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	_ "github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb"
	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
)

var schema = `
CREATE TABLE users (
	user_id    int,
  first_name varchar(81),
  last_name  varchar(80),
	email      varchar(250),
	password   varchar(250)
);
`

// User holds information about a user
type User struct {
	UserID    int    `db:"user_id"`
	FirstName string `db:"first_name"`
	LastName  string `db:"last_name"`
	Email     string
	Password  sql.NullString
}

func main() {
	// this connects & tries a simple 'SELECT 1', panics on error
	// use sqlx.Open() for sql.Open() semantics
	db, err := sqlx.Connect(
		"mssql",
		"sqlserver://SA:Melon40twomonkeys@127.0.0.1:1433?database=testingstuff&connection+timeout=30",
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}

	// exec the schema or fail;
	db.MustExec(schema)

	tx := db.MustBegin()
	tx.NamedExec(
		"INSERT INTO users (user_id, first_name, last_name, email) VALUES (:user_id, :first_name, :last_name, :email)",
		&User{UserID: 1, FirstName: "Jane", LastName: "Citizen", Email: "jane.citzen@example.com"},
	)

	tx.Commit()

	// Query the database, storing results in a []User (wrapped in []interface{})
	people := []User{}
	db.Select(&people, "SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY first_name ASC")

	fmt.Println(people)
}