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sys.database_firewall_rules (Azure SQL Database)

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Applies to: Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns information about the database-level firewall settings associated with your Azure SQL Database. Database-level firewall settings are useful when using contained database users. For more information, see Contained Database Users - Making Your Database Portable.

The sys.database_firewall_rules view contains the following columns:

Column name Data type Description
id int The identifier of the database-level firewall setting.
name nvarchar(128) The name you chose to describe and distinguish the database-level firewall setting.
start_ip_address varchar(45) The lowest IP address in the range of the database-level firewall setting. IP addresses equal to or greater than this can attempt to connect to the SQL Database instance. The lowest possible IP address is 0.0.0.0.
end_ip_address varchar(45) The highest IP address in the range of the firewall setting. IP addresses equal to or less than this can attempt to connect to the SQL Database instance. The highest possible IP address is 255.255.255.255.

Note: Azure connection attempts are allowed when both this field and the start_ip_address field equals 0.0.0.0.
create_date datetime UTC date and time when the database-level firewall setting was created.
modify_date datetime UTC date and time when the database-level firewall setting was last modified.

Remarks

To return information about the server-level firewall settings associated with your Azure SQL Database, use sys.firewall_rules (Azure SQL Database).

Permissions

This view is available in the master database and in each user database. Read-only access to this view is available to all users with permission to connect to the database.

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