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Microsoft SQL Azure Enterprise Application Development

You're reading from   Microsoft SQL Azure Enterprise Application Development Moving business applications and data to the cloud can be a smooth operation when you use this practical guide. Learn to make the most of SQL Azure and acquire the knowledge to build enterprise-ready applications.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849680806
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jayaram Krishnaswamy Jayaram Krishnaswamy
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Microsoft SQL Azure: Enterprise Application Development
Credits
About the Author
1. Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
2. Preface
1. Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure Services Platform FREE CHAPTER 2. SQL Azure Services 3. Working with SQL Azure Databases from Visual Studio 2008 4. SQL Azure Tools 5. Populating SQL Azure Databases 6. SSIS and SSRS Applications Using SQL Azure 7. Working with Windows Azure Hosting 8. Database Applications on Windows Azure Platform Accessing SQL Server Databases 9. Synchronizing SQL Azure 10. Recent Developments

SQL Azure with MS Access 2010


There is a great deal of interest among small businesses regarding the ability to access data on SQL Azure using MS Access. During the early days of SQL Azure, it was not possible to connect to SQL Azure using an ODBC connection as certain procedures were not supported on SQL Azure, although ODBC was one of the connection methods. The problem was resolved when SQL Azure was updated so that MS Access could access the databases (see http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/05dd7620-f209-43d2-8c41-63b251c62970/#426310be-7a88-4933-ac9c-0772ccb833be).

Import a SQL Azure table into MS Access

This section looks at connecting to SQL Azure with MS Access from the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 (x32 bit and in beta). First we create an ODBC DSN on the computer and then use MS Access 2010 to connect to it.

  1. 1. Create a new Microsoft Access database on your computer FromSQLAzure.accdb.

  2. 2. Under the External Data tab in the 'ribbon', click...

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