This means a user can't remote in to another SQL Server machine without having the CLR installed and executing the PARSE command. This function is used only for converting strings to date/time or ...

à la SQL distinct types, and they can have mutator functions that are usable in T-SQL update statements. Note that SQL Server complex types extend relational data types. You use them most commonly to ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

such as cryptography functions. Running .NET code in SQL Server is safe. When you catalog a .NET assembly in SQL Server, the engine makes sure the code is verifiable and type-safe. .NET code loads ...