Azure

My favourite tool for ad-hoc data work is now DuckDb. Here I will show you how you can use DuckDb and the Azure Storage Emulator Azurite. docker run -d --name azurite -p 10000:10000 -p 10001:10001 -p 10002:10002 mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite Once the emulator is running, create a container and add some files (*.csv or *.parquet) to the container. Then start the DuckDb CLI. Install the Azure extension in DuckDb and configure the secret to use a connection string to the local emulator: ...

I’ve been working with Azure since well before the days… There have been a lot of confusion and the command line experience have been so-and-so. But today the situation is a lot better when Microsoft have decided to focus on a better CLI for us all. The CLI of preference is built on top of Python. It is available for all popular client platforms. It is also available for those of us who love working in the browser. ...