SQL Database Management
=======================

For general information on resource management, see :doc:`Resource Management<resourcemanagement>`.

Create the management client
----------------------------

The following code creates an instance of the management client.

You will need to provide your ``subscription_id`` which can be retrieved
from `your subscription list <https://manage.windowsazure.com/#Workspaces/AdminTasks/SubscriptionMapping>`__.

See :doc:`Resource Management Authentication <quickstart_authentication>`
for details on handling Azure Active Directory authentication with the Python SDK, and creating a ``Credentials`` instance.

.. code:: python

    from azure.mgmt.sql import SqlManagementClient
    from azure.common.credentials import UserPassCredentials

    # Replace this with your subscription id
    subscription_id = '33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333'
    
    # See above for details on creating different types of AAD credentials
    credentials = UserPassCredentials(
        'user@domain.com',  # Your user
        'my_password',      # Your password
    )

    sql_client = SqlManagementClient(
        credentials,
        subscription_id
    )

Servers/Databases sample
------------------------

You can get a fully functional SQL servers/databases sample from the AzureSample Github repository:
https://github.com/Azure-Samples/sql-database-python-manage
