1. Relational databases, and more …
Azure storage
Relational databases, and more …
Azure storage

2. Azure storage possibilities
Azure offers several storage possibilities
Relational databases
Microsoft SQL Server database
MySQL database
Document databases
Azure Document DB: NoSQL database
MongoDB
Storage
BLOB: Binary Large OBjects
Tables
Queues: Intended for communication between services
Files
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3. Azure: Using SQL Server database
In Azure portal make an SQL Server database
Be patient …
When created …. Press the ”Open in Visual Studio” button
SQL Server uses TCP port 1443.
At home: Open this port in your firewall
At school: Use the network EGV5-DMU
Not necessary any more: Port 1443 should be open i the schools network
Create tables etc in Visual Studio and
Press the ”Update” button to deploy your table to Azure
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4. Create database Cloud Explorer (Top-Left corner)
SQL Databases
Your database
General database advices
Id primary key identity
Identity: The database will generate the values
String-like type
Nvarchar(max_length)
N means Unicode
Var means varying length
If you need timestamps
Datetime default getDate()
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5. Work from Visual Studio
Port 1443 must be open for access
Write some T-SQL
Press the “Update” button to update the database structure
Top-left corner of the SQL design pane
Generates a script (with the changes) and executes the changes
Take a little while
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6. Connection string
To connect to the cloud database from an application, you need a connection string.
The connection string for your cloud database can be found i Azure portal
The connection string include your database name + password
The connection string can be saved in your C# code file
Or in the App.config file (console app)
Or in Web.config (WCF provider)
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7. Web service as front-end to databases
Using the database causes port problems
Port 1443 must be open
Usually not open in firewalls
Solution: Put a web service between the application and the database
The web service runs on port 80
Usually open in firewalls
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8. Storage as back-end to web services
Web services are stateless
Storage can be used as a back-end to web services
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