For an introduction on text and code embeddings, check out this OpenAI article: [Introducing text and code embeddings](https://openai.com/blog/introducing-text-and-code-embeddings).

Azure SQL database can be used to easily and quickly perform vector similarity search. There are two options for this: a native option and a classic option.

The **native option** is to use the new Vector Functions, recently introduced in Azure SQL database. Vector Functions are a set of functions that can be used to perform vector operations directly in the database.