fix: install sqlcmd before using it in MSSQL CI job

- Install mssql-tools18 via apt so sqlcmd is available on PATH
- Add 3-minute timeout and explicit retry loop (30 × 5s) with clear output
- Use IF DB_ID() IS NULL to avoid error if DB already exists
- Fix release name: sql-nio → CosmoSQLClient

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: vkuttyp

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -109,11 +109,25 @@ jobs:
           swift-version: "6.0"
       - name: Install SQLite
         run: sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
+      - name: Install sqlcmd
+        run: |
+          curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg
+          echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/24.04/prod noble main" \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-tools.list
+          sudo apt-get update -q
+          sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y mssql-tools18 unixodbc-dev
+          echo "/opt/mssql-tools18/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Create test database
+        timeout-minutes: 3
         run: |
-          until /opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U sa -P 'SuperStr0ngP@ssword!' -C \
-            -Q "CREATE DATABASE MSSQLNioTestDb" 2>/dev/null; do
-            echo "Waiting for SQL Server..."; sleep 3
+          for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+            if sqlcmd -S 127.0.0.1 -U sa -P 'SuperStr0ngP@ssword!' -C \
+                -Q "IF DB_ID('MSSQLNioTestDb') IS NULL CREATE DATABASE MSSQLNioTestDb" 2>/dev/null; then
+              echo "Database ready."
+              break
+            fi
+            echo "Attempt $i: SQL Server not ready yet, retrying in 5s..."
+            sleep 5
           done
       - name: Run MSSQL tests
         env:
@@ -200,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           tag_name:    ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
-          release_name: sql-nio ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          release_name: CosmoSQLClient ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
           body:        ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.body }}
           draft:       false
           prerelease:  ${{ steps.version.outputs.prerelease }}