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I had some difficulties to connect to a local SQL Server 17 test database using sqlalchemy.

I made it work using these resources:
  - setup the sql server db: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-docker?view=sql-server-2017
  - setup the python drivers (it's so painful...): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017
  - SqlAlchemy documentation: http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/dialects/mssql.html#connecting-to-pyodbc
 
Here are some of the errors that I encountered: