diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c924997..6b4ac3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ pom.xml.asc
 /clojure_test*
 /example*db
 /derby.log
-/run-tests.sh
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a658969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if test "$1" = "run"
+then
+	docker run -e ACCEPT_EULA=Y -e SA_PASSWORD=Str0ngP4ssw0rd \
+		-p 1433:1433 --name sql-server19 \
+		-d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-GA-ubuntu-16.04
+fi
+if test "$1" = "rm"
+then
+	docker container rm sql-server19
+fi
+if test "$1" = "start"
+then
+	docker container start sql-server19
+fi
+if test "$1" = "stop"
+then
+	docker container stop sql-server19
+fi
+if test "$1" = "create"
+then
+	# assumes you already have a MySQL instance running locally
+	NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MYSQL=yes clojure -X:test next.jdbc.test-fixtures/create-clojure-test
+fi
+if test "$1" = ""
+then
+	NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MSSQL=yes MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=Str0ngP4ssw0rd \
+		NEXT_JDBC_TEST_MYSQL=yes clojure -A:test:runner
+fi