Query SQL Database with query editor in the Azure portal

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03/05/2024

Applies to: Azure SQL Database

The Azure SQL Database query editor (preview) is a tool to run SQL queries against Azure SQL Database in the Azure portal.

Connect to the query editor

In this quickstart, you connect to an Azure SQL database in the Azure portal and use query editor to run Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries.

You need an account with permissions to connect to the database and query editor. You can use SQL authentication or Microsoft Entra ID) authentication (recommended).
Navigate to your SQL database in the Azure portal. For example, visit your Azure SQL dashboard.
On your SQL database Overview page, select Query editor (preview) from the left menu.
On the sign-in screen, provide credentials to connect to the database.
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- Azure SQL databases exist inside logical SQL servers.
  - You can connect to the logical SQL server's master using a login, then connect to your database.
  - Or, using a contained user, you can connect directly to your Azure SQL database.
- You can connect using SQL or Microsoft Entra authentication.
  - To connect with SQL authentication, under SQL server authentication, enter a Login and Password for a user that has access to the database, and then select OK. You can always use the login and password for the server admin.
  - To connect using Microsoft Entra ID, if you're the Microsoft Entra server admin, select Continue as <your user or group ID>. If sign-in is unsuccessful, try refreshing the page.

Connection with other tools

You can also connect to your Azure SQL database using other tools, including:

Quickstart: Use Azure Data Studio to connect and query Azure SQL Database
Quickstart: Use SSMS to connect to and query Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance
Quickstart: Use Visual Studio Code to connect and query
Configure and manage Microsoft Entra authentication with Azure SQL

Firewall rule

If you receive this error, use the following steps to resolve:

`Cannot open server 'server-name' requested by the login. Client with IP address 'xx.xx.xx.xx' is not allowed to access the server. To enable access, use the Azure Management Portal or run sp_set_firewall_rule on the master database to create a firewall rule for this IP address or address range. It may take up to five minutes for this change to take effect."

Try adding your IP address to the Azure SQL logical server firewall. Follow the quick steps before, or for more information, see add your outbound IP address to the server's allowed firewall rules.

Return to the Overview page of your SQL database.
Select the link for the Azure SQL logical server next to Server name.
In the Resource menu, under Security, select Networking.
Ensure that under Public network access, the Selected networks option is selected.
1. If this is a test or temporary environment, set the option to Selected networks.
2. If not, access must be granted through other means than covered in this quickstart, likely via private endpoints (by using Azure Private Link) as outlined in the network access overview.
Under Firewall rules, select Add your client IPv4 address.
1. If necessary, identify your IPv4 address and provide it in the Start and End fields.
Select Save.

For more on information to configure your local firewall, see Azure portal Query editor for Azure SQL Database.

Query the database

On any database, execute the following query in the Query editor to return the time in UTC, the database name, and your authenticated login name.

SELECT SYSDATETIMEOFFSET(), DB_NAME(), ORIGINAL_LOGIN();

Tip

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Query the AdventureWorksLT sample database

This portion of quickstart uses the AdventureWorksLT sample database in an Azure SQL database. If you don't have one already, you can create a database using sample data in Azure SQL Database.

On the Query editor (preview) page, run the following example queries against your AdventureWorksLT sample database.

Run a SELECT query

To query for the top 20 products in the database, paste the following SELECT query into the query editor:

 SELECT TOP 20 pc.Name as CategoryName, p.name as ProductName FROM SalesLT.ProductCategory pc JOIN SalesLT.Product p ON pc.productcategoryid = p.productcategoryid;

Select Run, and then review the output in the Results pane.
Optionally, you can select Save query to save the query as an .sql file, or select Export data as to export the results as a .json, .csv, or .xml file.

Run an INSERT query

To add a new product to the SalesLT.Product table, run the following INSERT T-SQL statement.

In the query editor, replace the previous query with the following query:

INSERT INTO [SalesLT].[Product] ( [Name] , [ProductNumber] , [Color] , [ProductCategoryID] , [StandardCost] , [ListPrice] , [SellStartDate] )VALUES ('myNewProduct' ,123456789 ,'NewColor' ,1 ,100 ,100 ,GETDATE() );

Select Run to add the new product. After the query runs, the Messages pane displays Query succeeded: Affected rows: 1.

Run an UPDATE query

Run the following UPDATE T-SQL statement to update the price of your new product.