How to use Sql Data Services in Azure?

Question

hi all,

Im very much confused about sqldata services.how to start using SDS.Whether its a PL for Azure Storage or
Its standalone storage for cloud computing.

whether it is released?

Answer 1

Hi

Please see the http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/2ca50498-fe6f-47c8-9de6-1985599f7fd7  discussion for SDS and Azure. 

You can get information regarding Azure storage at http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/azure-storage-services-test-harness.html   

Microsoft launched SDS ACE model last year and you can get information like what, how  etc from URL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd557591.aspx

Now Microsoft is planning to launch Relation model of SDS and this may available by this summer end initial information about this is available at  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd557595.aspx

~Kapil

Answer 2

You seem not to be alone in your confusion on getting started with SDS.  Version 1 is out now and uses REST services and the ACE Model.  MSDN has great examples in the Library.

Version 2 is close to SQL Express 2005.  It's going to make it easy but Version 2 isn't out yet.

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Aaron Stanley King - Microsoft Consultant - Perpetual Technologies, Inc. - http://www.perptech.com

Answer 3

I had questions about the ACE model being deprecated. I now use a Azure web role, and SQL express 2008 to continue developing until the new SDK comes out. See url below for a discussion earlier on this forum.

 

Dave

 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/125c8ec6-838b-438d-ba96-0e5f18709e01

Answer 4

what is ACE ?

how we can start develop applications based on ACE and REST?

any samples or SDKs, help me please....

Answer 5

ACE is “Authorities, Containers, Entities”. See

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512402.aspx

 

It is not being support anymore and will be replaced by a new SDK. I started using it then stopped when it was announced it was obsolete. I am using SQL express now to learn it since the “new” SDK will use SQL instead of ACE.

 

Not sure what your ultimate goal is but if you’re interested in cloud based programming, see the end of the following forum thread. I did a step by step for using Azure, WCF, and a winform project.

 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/thread/48a79f12-ae00-4160-b32f-63c541ee2a1d

 

You can use REST in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Part of what I am doing now is using WCF to connect to the cloud (a Azure webrole, local fabric only), in the server side WCF service I connect to SQL and return data from the database. This lets me learn SQL, WCF, and Azure. From what I have read, the new SDS SDK may only require simple change (connection string) to go from regular SQL to it.

 

Dave