Azure SQL Database Web vs Business Edition

Question

Is there any difference between the Web Edition and Business Edition of Azure SQL Database other than the maximum supported database sizes? I\'m assuming the naming has some

Answer 1

I have noticed a behavioral difference between the two versions. In the Business edition we have set up for QA, the following code snippet gets an error when applying the foreign key unless a "GO" is placed after adding the column. Then it works fine. This is not needed in the Web edition databases we have for development.

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * 
                FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
               WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='ASSIGN'
                 AND TABLE_NAME = 'ASSIGNTARGET_EXCEPTION' 
                 AND COLUMN_NAME = 'EXCESS_WEAR_FLAG')
    ALTER TABLE [ASSIGN].[ASSIGNTARGET_EXCEPTION] ADD [EXCESS_WEAR_FLAG] [varchar](1) NULL
-- GO  -- placing this here makes this sectino work.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * 
                 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS 
                WHERE  TABLE_SCHEMA ='ASSIGN'
                  AND TABLE_NAME = 'ASSIGNTARGET_EXCEPTION' 
                  AND CONSTRAINT_NAME = 'CHK_ATEXCPTN_EXCESSWEARFLAG')
BEGIN
    ALTER TABLE [ASSIGN].[ASSIGNTARGET_EXCEPTION]  WITH NOCHECK ADD  CONSTRAINT [CHK_ATEXCPTN_EXCESSWEARFLAG] CHECK  (([EXCESS_WEAR_FLAG]='N' OR [EXCESS_WEAR_FLAG]='Y'))
    ALTER TABLE [ASSIGN].[ASSIGNTARGET_EXCEPTION] CHECK CONSTRAINT [CHK_ATEXCPTN_EXCESSWEARFLAG]
END