Creating a Database Table
In this chapter, I am going to build a Task List app that stores tasks in a database table exposed by Windows Azure Mobile Services. Therefore, the next step is to create this database table.
Again, you have a choice. You can either create the database table using the Windows Azure Management Portal or you can create the database table directly inside of Visual Studio. This is purely a matter of preference.
To create the table from within Visual Studio, right-click the Windows Azure Mobile Services node within the Server Explorer window and select New Table (see Figure 10.4). Enter the name Tasks for the new table name.
FIGURE 10.4 Creating a new SQL Azure database table
Notice that you do not specify the columns ...
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