In method #2, the row key is empty, but you're query specifies a non-empty row key (of "B"). Did you mean and (RowKey eq "")? If so, that method is faster, in that it will always return a result.
Method #1 may return an empty result set with a continuation token, at which point you have to make a second query to actually get at the data.
If I understand your question… If A is a unique value across the whole table, B’s uniqueness is irrelevant. So you are better off, scalability wise, to split A in two, and use the first part as the Partition Key and the second part as the Row Key.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.