SQL Read Parquet File
There are several ways to read Parquet file within SQL Server.
1. Using OPENROWSET (SQL2022+)
Starting with SQL Server 2022, we can use OPENROWSET to query Parquet files directly from Azure Blob Storage, ADLS Gen2, or S3-compatible storage without creating a permanent table first.
-- 1. Create credential CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL [MyAzureCredential] WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE', SECRET = 'sv=2022-11-02&ss=b&srt=sco&sp=rwdl&se=2025-12-31...'; -- 2. Create the Data Source pointing to your container CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE MyCloudLogs WITH ( LOCATION = 'abs://yourcontainer@yourstorageaccount.
Posted by John Liu Friday, December 26, 2025