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Export Azure table to SQL file for upseting

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Want to export data from Azure table to SQL file for upserting?

Upsert: inserts rows into a table if they do not already exist, or updates them if they do.

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Export data from Azure table to SQL file for upserting

Choose Azure and logon.

export Azure table to UPSERT_SQL file - Choose Azure and logon

Click “Export From Table” at task dialog.

Export data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - task window

Select SQL file type.

Export data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - select Upsert_Sql file type

1. Select Azure table.

Unload data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - select table

2. Enter data file name.

Set “Convert Mode” to “Upsert”, enter “Update Key”.

Extract data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - enter file name

3. Set rows options.

Convert data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - summary

4. Export.

Dump data from Azure Table To Upsert_Sql File - export

After exporting, you can view output upserting SQL file.

Export data from Azure Table To SQL File - view upserting SQL file

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Azure SQL → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Azure SQL	in SQL
Int	`int`	`INT`
Bigint	`bigint`	`BIGINT`
Decimal	`decimal(p,s)`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
Float	`float`	`DOUBLE PRECISION`
Text	`nvarchar(n)`	`VARCHAR(n)`
Long text	`nvarchar(max)`	`TEXT / CLOB`
Date	`date`	`DATE`
Datetime	`datetime2`	`TIMESTAMP`
Binary	`varbinary(max)`	`BLOB / BYTEA`
Boolean	`bit`	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`
JSON	`nvarchar(max)`	`JSON / TEXT`

Dialect differences

Azure SQL is a database server and SQL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in Azure SQL	in SQL
port	`1433`	`—`
identifiers	`[square brackets]`	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`
row limit	`SELECT TOP n`	`—`
dates	`datetime2, date, time`	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`
long text	`nvarchar(max)`	`—`
binary	`varbinary(max)`	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`
separator	`—`	`Statement terminators (;)`
encoding	`—`	`No declaration`
typing	`—`	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`
shape	`Tables of rows and columns`	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`
ceiling	`—`	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`

Command line

Side	Command
Azure SQL	`bcp`
Azure SQL (load)	`bcp, or BULK INSERT`

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