I tried to update a Azure Functions project to use the 5.0.0 version of Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage but with this version my Azure Functions project does not compile any more and I get this error. error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'TableAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) It looks like Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.TableAttribute is no longer part of the Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage package. This is a rather big breaking change that I would expect to be mentioned in the release notes of Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage. Do I need to reference another package for table storage bindings to work now?

@Andreas , Unfortunately the support for the Table binding hasn't been carried forward in the v5 storage extensions (Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage). You'll have to use Table Storage SDKs directly for the table operations or you can use the next lower version of Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage which is 4.0.5 I'm not aware of any plans to bring the binding back, but I would encourage you to log a feature request in the repo https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/issues . Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Hi left hand, this is right hand. What a strange situation. One group in Microsoft promoting how easy it is to use functions and their bindings while another group is actively removing bindings.

Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage 5.0.0 and Table storage

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MughundhanRaveendran-MSFT 12,451 Reputation points

2021-11-01T05:58:39.067+00:00

@Andreas ,

Unfortunately the support for the Table binding hasn't been carried forward in the v5 storage extensions (Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage). You'll have to use Table Storage SDKs directly for the table operations or you can use the next lower version of Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage which is 4.0.5

I'm not aware of any plans to bring the binding back, but I would encourage you to log a feature request in the repo https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/issues.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.
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Andreas 26 Reputation points

2021-11-01T06:39:54.143+00:00

That's bummer. Bindings is one of the things that makes Azure Functions great. Sad to see the number of bindings decrease.

MughundhanRaveendran-MSFT 12,451 Reputation points

2021-11-03T07:06:54.427+00:00

@Andreas , I understand your concern. Please provide your feedback along with the feature request in the repo

Willem Meints 6 Reputation points MVP

2021-11-29T19:10:49.917+00:00

I think that the table storage bindings is one of the more widely used binding types in Azure functions because it's one of the easiest.
I really don't get why this has been removed from the API in favor of a much more complicated piece of code using the SDK.

MughundhanRaveendran-MSFT 12,451 Reputation points

2021-11-30T10:14:27.053+00:00

@Willem Meints , I have passed on the feedback however you can also log a feature request in the repo : https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/issues

Karl Shifflett 1 Reputation point

2021-12-04T21:34:06.08+00:00

@MughundhanRaveendran-MSFT please forgive me.

This is nuts and is a MASSIVE breaking change. What is going on at Microsoft?

Why do we have to vote or put a request to UNBREAK a BREAKING change?

This is so bizarre and unwarranted.

Forwarding this to Scott Gu.

Thank you for your information and honesty, I hope this gets sorted out.

Karl Shifflett 1 Reputation point

2021-12-04T21:47:22.057+00:00

I wrote this bug up.

https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/issues/25694

VOGEL Nicolas 0 Reputation points

2023-05-26T12:12:08.86+00:00

I found this question after losing a whole day trying to figure out why my output Table binding was not working with the latest version of the bundle. Unfortunately, the logs didn't provide any helpful information.

Initially, I was using version 4.x of the bundle ([4.0.0, 5.0.0)), but switching back to version 3.x resolved the issue. Since my code doesn't have any other dependencies, it was safe for me to make the switch.

The 4.x bundle use the 5.0.0 version of Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage

It would be really helpful if the documentation at https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-storage-table-output?pivots=programming-language-java&tabs=in-process%2Cstorage-extension could provide some additional details. Furthermore, it's about time a new version is released. I can't comprehend why the fix has been delayed for so long.
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