@Josh we got it working in a dev environment: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72961889/access-azure-blob-storage-data-from-azure-sql-database-sql-server-as-a-blob-for/79798254#79798254
one thing I never figured out what to do about is if you already have a bunch of columns doing it the bad way
I really don't know. You mean row vs. page, or row vs. not compressing at all?
I guess I equally distrust developers to remember to switch EVERYTHING to UTC while saving to the DB. I am also hesitant to lose information (the offset), in case it's needed later. But I now see there are tradeoffs with either approach.
is it dumb to just blindly row compress everything because I'm worried about storage performance in azure sql database?
in general I'd say go with UTC time unless you have a good reason not to because I don't trust developers to implement any other solution
I can see why people would prefer storing UTC time over local/server - at least you know what time it is
but with that said, storing just a time in a "local" or "server" time also sucks when you try to figure out what the data means later
you want the data at the same local time every day. business needs don't change based on daylight savings time
Our apps use datetimeoffset a lot, and someone was just recommending storing everything in UTC instead. I just...don't totally get the point.
I'm often bothered by the common dev mentality of "just do everything in UTC," but I have trouble putting my finger on exactly why that bothers me.
Oh I figured he still stopped by from time to time. But maybe not.
is Erik still here? it looks like his last message was last year about big anime titties
in other cases the stored procedure is 500 lines long with the document binaries in the middle
some of the stored procedures are called by ancient code that no one knows how to maintain
can you code in a secret command for us that lets us bypass the AI and talk to a person?
so the next time I call a company and get an unhelpful AI agent, it might be your fault?
All of that sounds like it would work well enough! I haven't actually used the blob trigger for Azure Functions to know how timely it is.
No, I work for a company that makes contact center products now (https://www.tmetrics.com/). Although I still do occasional stuff on the side.