From e5f57d658628ce5f647421fa852404d6a00e8405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Heidemann <matthew.heidemann@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:50:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added MS SQL Server example

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 receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md
index 2540ddaeda61..c10e53dc3234 100644
--- a/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/sqlqueryreceiver/README.md
@@ -202,3 +202,11 @@ example [here.](https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/post/connecting-a-go-applica
 
 The `datasource` format for MySQL works as follows:  
 `user:password@tcp(host:port)/databasename`  
+
+#### Microsoft SQL Server Datasource Format Example
+
+The `datasource` format for SQL Server can either be in URL format:  
+`sqlserver://username:password@host/instance?param1=value&param2=value`
+
+Or in key=value; pair format:  
+`server=localhost;port=1433;param1=value;`