Using CLR features in SQL Server 2005 – Part 1
(Vinod Kumar) The next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon", includes quite a few enhancements and expanded language support. If we were to list some of the key features introduced in this version then the list would run into lengthy pages. But the .NET integration is surely something that captures the imagination of developers. SQL Server 2005 can execute user-defined functions, stored procedures, and triggers written in common language runtime (CLR) targeted languages, including Visual Basic .NET and C#. In this article I will walk through the basic steps in creating our first CLR object.

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