microsoft / microsoft/sql-server-samples

Download of .bacpac

Open
#712 0 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
PowerShell
Stars
11.2k
Forks
9.1k
Avg merge
2d 7h
Merged PRs (30d)
14

Description

Some services like Azure SQL require a .bacpac file instead of a .bak file to restore a backup. As the downloads are only provided as .bak we first need to restore the .bak somewhere to convert it to a .bacpac
would be great if also .bacpac files are provided for download

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing how the repository produces and publishes .bak downloads, then check what is required to provide corresponding .bacpac files for Azure SQL. Done means the requested .bacpac downloads are generated and available alongside the existing backups.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
azure
Domain
cloud, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.