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Create a New Table in an Azure Storage Account

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Creates a new table using the Azure Table Service REST API.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Implements the following CURL command:

    -- curl -X POST \
    --   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --   -H "Accept: application/json;odata=fullmetadata" \
    --   -H "Prefer: return-content" \
    --   -d '{   
    --     "TableName":"mytable"  
    -- }' https://myaccount.table.core.windows.net/Tables

    -- Use the following online tool to generate REST code from a CURL command
    -- Convert a cURL Command to REST Source Code

    -- IMPORTANT: Make sure to change "myaccount" to your actual Azure Storage Account name.
    -- URL: https://myaccount.table.core.windows.net/Tables
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 443
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'myaccount.table.core.windows.net', @port, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ConnectFailReason', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'ConnectFailReason: ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    -- Provide Azure Cloud credentials for the REST call.
    DECLARE @azAuth int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.AuthAzureStorage', @azAuth OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'AccessKey', 'AZURE_ACCESS_KEY'
    -- The account name used here should match the 1st part of the domain passed in the call to Connect (above).
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Account', 'myaccount'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Scheme', 'SharedKey'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'Service', 'Table'

    -- This causes the "x-ms-version: 2019-07-07" header to be automatically added.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @azAuth, 'XMsVersion', '2019-07-07'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'SetAuthAzureStorage', @success OUT, @azAuth

    -- Note: The application does not need to explicitly set the following
    -- headers: Content-Length, x-ms-date, Authorization.  These headers
    -- are automatically set by Chilkat.

    -- Note: The above code does not need to be repeatedly called for each REST request.
    -- The rest object can be setup once, and then many requests can be sent.  Chilkat will automatically
    -- reconnect within a FullRequest* method as needed.  It is only the very first connection that is explicitly
    -- made via the Connect method.

    -- Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
    -- Generate Code to Create JSON

    -- The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    -- {
    --   "TableName": "mytable"
    -- }

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'TableName', 'mytable'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Accept', 'application/json;odata=fullmetadata'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Prefer', 'return-content'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    DECLARE @sbRequestBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbRequestBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbRequestBody
    DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestSb', @success OUT, 'POST', '/Tables', @sbRequestBody, @sbResponseBody
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        RETURN
      END
    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Response Body:'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbResponseBody, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jsonResponse int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonResponse OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonResponse, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    DECLARE @odata_metadata nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @odata_metadata OUT, '"odata.metadata"'
    DECLARE @odata_type nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @odata_type OUT, '"odata.type"'
    DECLARE @odata_id nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @odata_id OUT, '"odata.id"'
    DECLARE @odata_editLink nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @odata_editLink OUT, '"odata.editLink"'
    DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @TableName OUT, 'TableName'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @azAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResponse


END
GO