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Azure Table Insert Entity

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Insert an entity into an Azure table.

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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

    -- IMPORTANT: Make sure to change "myaccount" to your actual Azure Storage Account name.
    -- IMPORTANT: Also change "mytable" to the name of your Azure table.
    -- We're going to POST to this URL:  https://myaccount.table.core.windows.net/mytable
    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.

    -- {  
    --    "PartitionKey":"mypartitionkey",  
    --    "RowKey":"myrowkey",  
    --    "Timestamp":"2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z",  
    --    "Address":"Mountain View",  
    --    "Age":23,  
    --    "AmountDue":200.23,  
    --    "CustomerCode":"c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833",  
    --    "CustomerSince":"2008-07-10T00:00:00",  
    --    "IsActive":true,  
    --    "NumberOfOrders":"255"  
    -- }  

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

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'PartitionKey', 'mypartitionkey'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'RowKey', 'myrowkey'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'Timestamp', '2013-08-22T01:12:06.2608595Z'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'Address', 'Mountain View'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'Age', 23
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateNumber', @success OUT, 'AmountDue', '200.23'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'CustomerCode', 'c9da6455-213d-42c9-9a79-3e9149a57833'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'CustomerSince', '2008-07-10T00:00:00'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'IsActive', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'NumberOfOrders', '255'

    -- IMPORTANT: Pay attention to the options for nometadata, minimalmetadata, or fullmetadata.
    -- See the Azure table service API documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/insert-entity
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Accept', 'application/json;odata=nometadata'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Prefer', 'return-no-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

    -- IMPORTANT: Change "mytable" to the name of your actual table.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestSb', @success OUT, 'POST', '/mytable', @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

    -- A status code of 204 is a success response for the case where Prefer=return-no-content.
    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT

    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        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


    PRINT 'Success.'

    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


END
GO