Why Does the SQL Trigger Fail to Use the Connection String from Azure App Configuration?

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I'm attempting to load the SQL connection string for my Azure Function from Azure App Configuration. I load the settings using the following code:

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builder.Configuration.AddAzureAppConfiguration(...);

The connection string (named sqldata) is present in the configuration, yet the SQL trigger only works if sqldata is defined in local.settings.json.

Here's the trigger declaration:

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[SqlTrigger("[dbo].[Function1]", "sqldata")] IReadOnlyList<SqlChange<ToDoItem>> changes, FunctionContext context)

This error occurs at startup:

Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host: Error indexing method 'Functions.Function1'. Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Sql: ConnectionStringSetting 'sqldata' is missing in your function app settings, please add the setting with a valid SQL connection string.

Is it possible to set the connection string dynamically? It appears that the initialization happens before FunctionsApplicationBuilder is executed.

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

It isn’t currently supported to load the connection string dynamically via Azure App Configuration for trigger attributes. The resolution of the SQL connection string for the [SqlTrigger] attribute happens during the host startup—before your FunctionsApplicationBuilder code runs. This means that the binding expects the connection string setting (in this case, “sqldata”) to be present in the Function App settings (or local.settings.json for local development).

In other words, even though your configuration is successfully loaded from Azure App Configuration at runtime, the SQL trigger attribute is indexed and validated before that happens. As a result, you need to have the setting defined in your host configuration (for example, in local.settings.json or as an environment variable) so that the trigger can find it during initialization.

One common workaround is to store the SQL connection string in the settings that the Functions runtime consumes while keeping it synchronized with the values from Azure App Configuration for production. However, setting it dynamically at runtime is not supported at this time.

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Answer by EclipseCosmonaut431 • 1 month ago

It is not supported to implement Azure App Configuration with Isolated Azure function. Refer the response provided by @fabiocav in GitHub.

I got the same error when I tried to use the SQL connection string fetched from Azure App Configuration in Function signature as below:

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public void Run(
    [SqlTrigger("[dbo].[table1]", "sqlconnection")] IReadOnlyList<SqlChange<ToDoItem>> changes,
        FunctionContext context)

Add the Connection String as the app setting (or) Environment variable in local.settings.json to use it as attribute in function.
However, you can use the SQL connection string fetched from App configuration in the function code to implement your logic.

Example:

I have created an Isolated Azure function and added App configuration's connection string as Environment variable in local.settings.json.

local.settings.json:

JSON
{
    "IsEncrypted": false,
  "Values": {
    "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true",
    "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "dotnet-isolated",
    "AppConfigConnectionString": "<App_Configuration_Connection_string>"
  }
}

Program.cs:

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var host = new HostBuilder()
    .ConfigureFunctionsWebApplication()
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        services.Configure<KestrelServerOptions>(options =>
        {
            options.AllowSynchronousIO = true;
        });
    }
    )
    .ConfigureAppConfiguration(options =>
    {
        var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AppConfigConnectionString");
        options.AddAzureAppConfiguration(connectionString);
    })
    .Build();

host.Run();

function.cs:

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 [Function("Function1")]
 public HttpResponseData Run([HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", "post")] HttpRequestData req)
 { 
     _logger.LogInformation("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");

     var response = req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
     response.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8");

     string keyName = "sqlconnection";
     string message = _configuration[keyName];
     using (var connection = new SqlConnection(message))
     {
         connection.Open();
         //Run the query
         _logger.LogInformation("Connected to SQL Server successfully.");
     }

     response.WriteString(message ?? $"Please create a key-value with the key '{keyName}' in Azure App Configuration.");

     return response;
 }

Response:

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Functions:
        Function1: [GET,POST] http://localhost:7029/api/Function1
For detailed output, run func with --verbose flag.
[2025-01-28T08:15:42.604Z] Executing 'Functions.Function1' (Reason='This function was programmatically called via the host APIs.', Id=684e4dfe-a6bc-4265-ad26-8dcd8ce6e9ac)
[2025-01-28T08:15:43.206Z] Host lock lease acquired by instance ID '000000000000000000000000F72731CC'.
[2025-01-28T08:15:43.449Z] C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.
[2025-01-28T08:15:55.069Z] Connected to SQL Server successfully.
[2025-01-28T08:16:03.539Z] Executed 'Functions.Function1' (Succeeded, Id=684e4dfe-a6bc-4265-ad26-8dcd8ce6e9ac, Duration=21014ms)

Why Does the SQL Trigger Fail to Use the Connection String from Azure App Configuration?

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