Windows Azure sdk 1.7, CloudTableClient missing GetTableReference function

Question

banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why i'm missing this function.

the CloudTableClient is missing GetTableReference

var tableClient = new CloudTableClient(baseAddress, credentials) {Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 30)};
tableClient.GetTableReference("table1");

doesn't show up in IntelliSense or in the Object Browser.

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Answer 1

GetTableRefenrece is part of Azure SDK 1.7.1 which is currently only available in GitHub. Only v. 1.7.0 is available via NuGET / WebPI Installer. This method returns an instance of CloudTable, which is also only part of Azure SDK 1.7.1.

If you want to use it, they you have to download the source and build it on your own. There is nothing scary in downloading and building the official source of Azure SDK. I personally did it for a project, because I needed some functionality which does not exists in the older SDK.