Azure SQL Database
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Azure SQL Table Refresh
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Frank Anellia
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Hello,
We have a development and QA Azure SQL Database which is refreshed from a selection of tables in production, also an Azure SQL Database. The refresh occurs monthly, but sometimes fails and can take up to a full day. I use the export/import tool in SSMS. The largest tables is about 75 million records which can take hours to load.
Is there a quicker method that can be used to refresh a handful of very large tables? A database copy was suggested, but we can't override other schemas/tables in the database.
Thanks,
Frank
Azure SQL Database
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Anurag Sharma 17,631 Reputation points2020-12-22T12:04:51.79+00:00 Hi @Frank Anellia , just wanted to follow up if you are able to proceed on this based on the answer provided.
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