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Using Python and Azure Functions to send data from Azure SQL Database

February 26, 2023 Feb 26, 2023 02/26/23
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
When building applications on Azure SQL, one of the most flexible ways to send data from your database to other systems is to use Azure Functions. Azure Functions are serverless functions that can be triggered by a variety of events, including HTTP requests, timers, and Azure SQL Database changes. In this article, we will discuss how to send ...

Developing with Azure SQL bindings and Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions

December 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 12/13/22
Drew Skwiers-Koballa
The Azure Functions SQL trigger will invoke an Azure Function when data is changed in a SQL database table, enabling new event-driven scenarios with SQL database. Accessing data in a SQL database with Azure Functions can be accomplished more quickly with the Azure SQL bindings for Azure Functions integration.  Azure SQL bindings for Azure ...

Azure SQL Database External REST Endpoints Integration Public Preview

November 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 11/16/22
Davide Mauri
The ability to call a REST endpoint natively from Azure SQL Database, which was made available via an Early Adopter Preview in May, is now moving to Public Preview. I'm extremely happy that as of today the new system stored procedure sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint is available to everyone, automatically and transparently: you can use it ...

Serverless REST API with Azure Functions, Node, JSON and Azure SQL

September 8, 2020 Sep 8, 2020 09/8/20
Davide Mauri
Javascript / Typescript (and thus Node) are, among Full-Stack and Back-End developers, one of the most common choices to create scalable, elegant, high-performance, REST API to be used by the most diverse clients. Azure Functions are another pretty popular solution that developers use to create scalable solution without having to deal with all...