MS Sql server requires Windows Server, so no, it will not run natively under OS X.
Plenty of commercial and many open source SQL flavors available for OS X - MySQL, PostgreSQL, SequelPro, FirebirdSQL, ... the list is long.
Firebird has some very good reviews - http://www.firebirdsql.org/
Download the (free) Docker Community Edition for Mac (unless you’ve already. This is my go-to software package for all things database. I switched last year from developing on Windows to Mac, and needed something to replace MS SQL Server Management Studio. I tried quite a few of the available solutions for MacOS,.
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You should keep in mind that OS X is a POSIX compliant UNIX operating system, so pretty much any of the UNIX/Linux open source SQL releases can be installed, although some will require more effort than others.
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Jan 15, 2014 6:52 AM