How to view history of queries (all OR over a long period) performed on database which is hosted on Azure?

Question

For a database hosted on Azure, i can view the recent history of the queries performed on it. This is through the Azure portal > Database > Manage > Administration > Que

Answer 1

Here is a query I found useful to see the most executed queries on my Azure SQL Server database:

SELECT TOP 10 execution_count, statement_text
FROM (
    SELECT QS.*,
    SUBSTRING(
        ST.text,
        (QS.statement_start_offset/2) + 1,
        ((
            CASE statement_end_offset
            WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(st.text)
            ELSE QS.statement_end_offset END
            - QS.statement_start_offset
        ) /2) 
        + 1
    ) AS statement_text
    FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS QS
    CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(QS.sql_handle) as ST
) AS query_stats
WHERE statement_text LIKE 'UPDATE%'
ORDER BY execution_count DESC

Source: March Madness - SQL Azure - sys.dm_exec_query_plan | SQLRockstar | Thomas LaRock