Quickstart: Use Ruby to query a database in Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance
Applies to:
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
This quickstart demonstrates how to use Ruby to connect to a database and query data with Transact-SQL statements.
Prerequisites
To complete this quickstart, you need the following prerequisites:
A database. You can use one of these quickstarts to create and then configure the database:
Action SQL Database SQL Managed Instance SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines Create Portal Portal Portal CLI CLI PowerShell PowerShell PowerShell Configure Server-level IP firewall rule Connectivity from a VM Connectivity from on-premises Connect to a SQL Server instance Load data Wide World Importers loaded per quickstart Restore Wide World Importers Restore Wide World Importers Restore or import Adventure Works from a BACPAC file from GitHub Restore or import Adventure Works from a BACPAC file from GitHub Important
The scripts in this article are written to use the Adventure Works database. With a SQL Managed Instance, either import the Adventure Works database into an instance database or modify the scripts in this article to use the Wide World Importers database.
For installing Ruby and related software for your operating system, see Configure development environment for Ruby development.
Get server connection information
Get the information you need to connect to a database in Azure SQL Database. You'll need the fully qualified server name or host name, database name, and sign-in information for the upcoming procedures.
Sign in to the Azure portal.
Navigate to the SQL databases or SQL Managed Instances page.
On the Overview page, review the fully qualified server name next to Server name for a database in Azure SQL Database or the fully qualified server name (or IP address) next to Host for an Azure SQL Managed Instance or SQL Server on Virtual Machines. To copy the server name or host name, hover over it and select the Copy icon.
Note
For connection information for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, see Connect to a SQL Server instance.
Create code to query your database in Azure SQL Database
In a text or code editor, create a new file named sqltest.rb.
Add the following code. Substitute the values from your database in Azure SQL Database for
<server>
,<database>
,<username>
, and<password>
.require 'tiny_tds' server = '<server>.database.windows.net' database = '<database>' username = '<username>' password = '<password>' client = TinyTds::Client.new username: username, password: password, host: server, port: 1433, database: database, azure: true puts "Reading data from table" tsql = "SELECT TOP 20 pc.Name as CategoryName, p.name as ProductName FROM [SalesLT].[ProductCategory] pc JOIN [SalesLT].[Product] p ON pc.productcategoryid = p.productcategoryid" result = client.execute(tsql) result.each do |row| puts row end
The Transact-SQL code samples in this article use the
AdventureWorks2022
orAdventureWorksDW2022
sample database, which you can download from the Microsoft SQL Server Samples and Community Projects home page.
Run the code
At a command prompt, run the following command:
ruby sqltest.rb
Verify that the top 20 Category/Product rows from your database are returned.