In my previous post I walked through migrating a database from SQL 2008 to SQL Azure. I briefly walked you setting up your account with SQL Azure, creating a database through the Microsoft Services website. I then covered creating tables in SQL Azure, as well as a few of the errors you may encounter along…
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SQLCMD and SQL Azure
I’ve seen several questions on forums over whether or not you can use SQLCMD with your SQL Azure instance. Well, I’m here to say yes you can! You can even create databases using the command line. Create a .sql file with a script that creates your database, then save the file. CREATE DATABASE databaseName Then…
Microsoft TechEd 2010 SQL Azure updates!
Microsoft TechEd is your chance to learn about cutting-edge insights and gain expertise that will make life easier for you and everyone you work with. You can Immerse yourself in hundreds of learning opportunities and get your questions answered by renowned technology experts. Today, Bob Muglia, President of Microsoft’s Server and Business Tools gave the…
Introduction to Master Data Services
You find yourself sitting in front of your machine late one evening. Everyone has gone home for the night except for you. You’ve left a scan running to identify all the SQL Servers on your network, and two new ones appear. accountingSQL and humanResourceSQL. You begin to document these two new servers, and notice the…
SQL Azure Incompatibilities list
While 99% of what you do in SQL is supported in SQL Azure, there is a small list of things you’ll have to redesign, or at least reconsider before implementing your code on SQL Azure. The following is a list of items that are well documented, but I want to create a more complete list. …
SQL Azure DATETIME Functions
Microsoft SQL has always included a number of date and time functions. These results of these functions were always based on the operating system for the machine the SQL server was running on. But what results will you get when you’re dealing with SQL Azure? The server(s) are all virtual. They are all based on…
SQL Saturday #46, Raleigh, NC
Coming up Saturday, September 18th 2010, SQL Saturday is coming to Raleigh. I missed the one here in Charlotte, back in March. I’m not going to miss this one! If you’re not familiar with SQL Saturdays, they’re a chance to get a ton of information on what’s new with SQL Server, and what’s coming soon….
SQL 102-SELECT * Overhead
How many of you have heard me rant against using “SELECT * FROM tableName”? If you have I’m sure you’ve heard me mention the following reasons why SELECT * is evil. the more data you ask for, the longer it takes to return that data extra paging table locking hinders future attempts to create a…
Microsoft SQL Azure FAQ
I was searching for news on Microsoft SQL Azure when I cam across this new FAQ. It answers a lot of the questions you may have, and several that I hadn’t thought to ask yet, like “how can you approximate the ROWGUID identifier… turns out using NEWID() will accomplish the same thing. I hadn’t thought…
What is SQL Azure?
I’ve been getting this question or some variant of it for weeks now. Some people are confusing SQL Azure with SQL 2008 R2, and some are thinking it’s SQL 2010. It’s neither of those. It’s its own beast. SQL Azure is a cloud version of the database management system you’ve all come to know and…