Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration
by Adam Jorgensen, Bradley Ball, Steven Wort, Ross LoForte, Brian Knight
Chapter 7SQL Server CLR Integration
WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?
- Implementing CLR in SQL Server
- Creating and deploying SQLCLR assembly
- Securing SQLCLR assemblies
- Monitoring performance
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SQL Server developers first saw the integration of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) with the release of SQL Server 2005. As the .NET Framework has evolved through its versions, SQL Server has continued to support integration of CLR. CLR provides great benefits to developers and database administrators, and is a valuable tool to have in your arsenal.
Although a detailed discussion of writing managed code using a .NET programming language such as C# is beyond the scope of this chapter, you learn to create and deploy a simple .NET assembly and enable it for SQL integration. You then look at when a SQL Server CLR (SQLCLR) solution provides a better alternative to a traditional T-SQL solution. This chapter also discusses SQLCLR performance and security, which are critical issues to consider when deciding whether to use SQLCLR over traditional T-SQL.
INTRODUCTION TO CLR
With the integration of the .NET Framework CLR components in SQL Server, developers have the flexibility to write stored procedures, triggers, user-defined types and functions, ...
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