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1. #AZURE DATA STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE HOW TO#
2. #AZURE DATA STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE INSTALL#
3. #AZURE DATA STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE MANUAL#

This will create a bacpac, which is a dacpac, plus data. The second is the “Export the schema and data from a database…” wizard. This wizard will extract a dacpac that will contain all the structures of your database, but not the data. First is the “Extract a data-tier application…”. The one we’re interested in is the “Data tier Application Wizard”. With that installed, you will see a couple of new context menus.

#AZURE DATA STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE INSTALL#

To get this functionality, you will need to install the SQL Server Import extension. However, the bacpac is one method of extracting a database definition or exporting an entire database, so it’s worth discussing. Finally, you can choose to either run the backup defined within the window or you can script it out. You can see that all the standard settings for a backup are available. I’m not going to run through all of that. You’ll get a new window that looks like this (again, click to make bigger): Right click on a database and select Backup from the context menu (not at all dissimilar to working in SQL Server Management Studio).

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.

#AZURE DATA STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE MANUAL#

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 STUDIO BACKUP DATABASE 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.