There is a built-in backup utility in Azure Data Studio. Scripting a backup in SQL Server doesn’t change a lick. Even though I’m running these examples against a Linux container in Docker, a backup is a backup is a backup. In short, there’s a pretty easy way to get a result set out to a flat file in a variety of formats.
If you look all the way over to the right side of the screen, you’ll see this: If we execute the query within Azure Data Studio the results will look something like this (click to make bigger): Let’s say we want to get some data out to Excel and we can define a query (which intentionally has a * because we want to export all the columns): SELECT * However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a way to get this done. While there is an Extension that lets you import flat files, there is not yet a tool for reversing that process within Azure Data Studio. Instead of trying to address all of these at the same time, I’m going to break them down to individual steps, unique to Azure Data Studio, and then summarize with a section on automation at the end. So, let’s quickly address them each.Įach of these could be a manual process or an automated process. Finally, what about a full export of the database object definitions? Any or all of these could be what the question was about. We could also be looking at creating individual scripts for objects within the database. It could be as simple as exporting data to a flat file for consumption in Excel or something.
When we say export, what exactly do we mean. It made me want to explore the topic of exporting a database as it relates to Azure Data Studio.
#Azure data backup how to#
A comment I received recently asked how to export a database from Azure Data Studio. I’ve also been recording videos on the topic. I’ve been writing a bunch about Azure Data Studio.
0 kommentar(er)
