I am going to create a SQL tables in Azure SQL database, and I want to create a partition of table, but I don't know how to do that, can any one show me some demo example or query to perform this. I am using SQL management studio to connect my Azure db.
We take advantage of partitioning SQL Azure tables. We use it so we can rapidly truncate the oldest partitions of data.
We have a great blog post that walks through step by step how to do it:
https://stackify.com/how-to-partition-tables-in-azure-sql/
I know this is an old post but this may help:
https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3494/azure-sql-database--table-partitioning/
I'm not sure what your use case is but Elastic Database Tools for Azure SQL Database allow you to implement sharding if you are partitioning the table because of its size.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-elastic-scale-introduction
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As the title suggest, I want to merge my Azure table data with the data residing in Azure SQL. However, I dont want to replicate Azure SQL data to Azure table.
Anyway to have the Azure table in SSMS and then I could create a view over Azure table and Azure SQl together?
Azure Table Storage is not a relational database and does not support join query. To join existing data in Azure SQL Database with data on Azure Table Storage, you will have to replicate/import your data in Azure Table Storage into Azure SQL, and then use SSMS to perform the join. That's the only solution.
Elastic Database queries on Azure SQL Database allows cross database queries involving Azure Database tables or Azure SQL Data Warehouse tables only.
What you want for something like this is Elastic Query. You can read more about it here. Pay attention to the warning about data movement though. This is good for querying, but it's not a great way to do large scale data moves.
Can we sync views on local database with tables on SQL azure database using SQL Azure Datat Sync[Preview]? If yes, then how?
In my opinion, the jury is still out on SQL Azure Data Sync. It's been in preview for years and still is.
When you say sync, and you looking to take the results of a local view and persist them as a table in SQL Azure?
If so, you can create a SELECT INTO, taking the data from the local view and letting the SELECT INTO make a table out of it. There are some things you need do to make the SQL Azure DB available locally:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee336282.aspx
https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/59328/insert-to-sql-azure-through-linked-server-very-slow
I am looking to copy some lookup tables that are currently on windows azure. I do not believe trhere is a way to do this through sql server management studio so I'm wondering the best way to do this other than scripting them out by hand
You would typically use the SQL Database Migration Wizard (SQLAzureMW) for any task involving moving data from and to SQL Azure. This tool knows what is and what isn't supported in SQL Azure and will be more effective than manually creating the scripts.
Select into will create and copy the table but will not create indexes or constraints.
INTO Clause (Transact-SQL)
In SSMS your can right click a table and select generate to create a script. Then you can edit the table and other names and run the script.
Found the answer here, it was easier than I could have hoped!
What is the best way to auto-generate INSERT statements for a SQL Server table?
I have users entering data in SharePoint (Running on SQL Server), but my application to view that data will be an Oracle Apex app running on Oracle, obviously. How do I have the data be pushed into the Oracle db automatically?
First off, are you sure that you need to replicate the data to Oracle? Oracle Heterogeneous Services allows you to create a database link in Oracle that connects to a non-Oracle database using ODBC (assuming you use the Transparent Gateway for ODBC which is free). Your APEX application could then query and report on data that is in SQL Server by issuing queries that run over the database link. Tim Hall has a good article (though it's a bit dated and some of the components have been renamed, the general approach is still the same) on configuring Heterogeneous Services.
If you do need to replicate the data, you can create materialized views in Oracle that query the objects in SQL Server using the database link you created with Heterogeneous Services and schedule those materialized views to refresh on a regular basis. The materialized views will need to do a complete refresh, though, which means that every row will need to be copied from SQL Server to Oracle every time there is a refresh. That generally limits the frequency with which you can realistically have refreshes happen. If you need the data to be replicated to the Oracle database and you need to send incremental changes so that the Oracle side doesn't lag too far behind, you can use Streams from a non-Oracle database to an Oracle database but that involves a lot more work.
In SQL Server you can setup linked servers that allow you to view data from other db's. You might see if Oracle has something similar, if not the same. Alternatively, you could use the sql's integration services to push the data over to an oracle table. Unfortunately I only know how to setup linked servers in SQL Server and I don't have a lot of experience with ssis to tell you how to do that, but those are the first two options I can think of that you might explore further.
Here's a link I found that might be helpful as well: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_connecting_sql_server_oracle.htm
There's no way to do it "automatically" that I know of that will work across DBMS. ETL tools like Sql Server Integration Services might help but there's going to be a loading delay (as it will have to poll for changes). You could build some update triggers on the SharePoint database tables but that's going to turn into a support nightmare.
I'm developing an app that uses SQL Azure. I don't have an account to access Windows Azure and I want to start writing SQL script.
Can I use my SQL Server 2008 to test my SQL Azure script?
I would also recommend a SQL Azure account. However, if you dont have access to one, you can create the DB in SQL 2008, then export a SQL Azure compatable script. Then use that script for testing purposes.
Here is a link: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cesardelatorre/archive/2010/06/04/importing-exporting-data-to-sql-azure-databases-using-bcp-and-sql-scripts.aspx
One thing you should accomodate for when coding for SQL Azure is a failover or retry policy per this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/appfabriccat/archive/2010/12/11/sql-azure-and-entity-framework-connection-fault-handling.aspx#comments
Not really, because certain SQL statements are not supported, or partially supported. So unless you are already very familiar with the differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server the general recommendation is to create your scripts against a SQL Azure database.
Opening an Account is really simple. Remember that when you create a SQL Azure database your charges are pro-rated daily. So if you create a development database of 1GB is size (the minimum) you will pay $9.99 per month (plus a really low transfer cost), or "roughly" 33 cents per day. If you create a 1GB database on a Monday and drop it the following Wednesday, you will pay roughly a buck. There are no charges for the master database.
I would agree with Herve. It would likely be best if you actually use SQL Azure as there are some differences between SQL Sever and SQL Azure. You can get a free 30 day account (with no credit card) using the following:
Use this link: http://www.windowsazurepass.com/?campid=9FE3DB53-E4F0-DF11-B2EA-001F29C6FB82
Use this passcode: promo code = DPEWE01
What you want to do is actually the right way, you can create a database in you local SQL Server 2008 instance, I would recommend using latest community edition for this purpose.
Create database, tables.. work on it, then generate a script to later export to SQL Azure.
Make sure to see documentation for pressing changes or things not to use while doing your job that might not be working on SQL Azure.