Azure Table Storage batch inserts across multiple partitions?

Question

The following method can be used to batch insert a collection of entities as a single transaction:

CloudTable.ExecuteBatch(TableBatchOperation batch)

If any of the entities fail during insert, then nothing will be inserted from the collection. This is only available when inserting into one partition.

Is it possible to do something like this across multiple partitions?

Answer 1

No. All entities in a batch must have the same PartitionKey. If your entities have different PartitionKeys, they need to be in separate batches. For more details about entity batch transactions, please see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd894038.aspx.