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5. Querying an Azure Cosmos DB Database

José Rolando Guay Paz1 
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Beach Park, Illinois, USA
 

An integral part of working with any database is the ability to query the data in the database. Fortunately, this very important functionality has been implemented in Azure Cosmos DB in a way that any previous SQL experience is valid and will help you accomplish even the most complex tasks.

A related topic to querying is indexing. Let’s review the indexing policies in Azure Cosmos DB, how they work, and how they can be modified to achieve better throughput.

Understanding Indexing

In Azure Cosmos DB, as opposed to relational database ...

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