Integrating Azure Functions with Cosmos DB SQL API in .NET Core 2.2

Zach Gardner .NET Core, API Development, Articles, Azure, Cloud, Development Technologies & Tools, SQL, Tutorial Leave a Comment

I am working on a project that leverages both Azure Functions as well as Cosmos DB. In trying to get both of these components wired together, I found that there are very few examples that work with the most recent versions of these components. I also saw examples that could work at a small scale, but donโ€™t show industry-standard best practices, and would lead to performance issues if deployed in an environment with any meaningful traffic.

To that end, I put together this blog post showing how to set up an Azure Functions project in .NET Core 2.2 to integrate with Cosmos DBโ€™s SQL API using its native tooling.

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Quick Introduction To SQL Server Profiler

Brian Clay .NET, Articles, Databases, Development Technologies & Tools, Tutorial Leave a Comment

When working with SQL Server, you might run across a situation where it is just not running fast enough. While there could be many reasons for this, there are tools that can help you track down just what is going on behind the scenes. SQL Server Management Studioโ€™s SQL Server Profiler or just (Profiler) is a tool that can be used to monitor queries run on your database.

In this blog post Iโ€™ll give a brief demonstration of the SQL Server Profiler tool. Iโ€™ll show you how to keep an eye on all the queries that are being run against your database, as well as how to use a filter to narrow your search to just slower-running queries…

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Creating a SQL Database Project for Isolated Development

Rusty Divine .NET, Articles, Databases, Development Technologies & Tools, SQL, Tutorial 2 Comments

In this article you see how to create a database project that will let you quickly and consistently deploy a database to your local environment. This approach can help to solve some issues from team members interfering with each otherโ€™s work on a shared development database.

Then, in an upcoming article, we will show you how to take the next step to include this database project in your continuous integration process and deploy it to each environment up the chain to production so that you can eliminate the need for any direct interaction with database updates.

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Sanitize: Good for Beer, Good for Data

Jeremy Gard Articles, Databases, Design, JavaScript, Programming Leave a Comment

When it comes to brewing, one of the most critical considerations is sanitization. The same fact can be said for development. In brewing you can introduce unintended flavors, create a lesser end product, or completely ruin your hard work. With development, you can introduce inaccuracies or bad data, errors can be caused or exposed to attack, and security holes can be created.

With best practices in sanitization, we can all enjoy better applications and better beer. In this blog, I discuss the importance of data sanitization in development (with tips for success), with parallels to sanitization in brewing.

Keyhole To Sponsor SQL Saturday Kansas City

Lauren Fournier Bogner Articles, Community, Company News, Educational Event, SQL Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 10 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.We are pleased to announce that Keyhole Software is a sponsor of the 2016ย SQL Saturday Kansas City. SQL Saturday is aย one-day, free training opportunity …