In-Depth. Write .NET Code in SQL Server. You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

The .NET execution engine protects SQL Server's internal buffers from executing code, and extensive enhancements to the hosting control APIs in the execution engine prohibit exceptional ...

T-SQL code is highly integrated with the rest of SQL Server. It executes using "native" data types, so data returned from the storage engine doesn't need to undergo expensive type conversions prior to ...

Oracle has announced plans for an AI-powered service to help developers rapidly program apps based on Java, SQL and the Oracle Cloud infrastructure.When released, Oracle Code Assist will join a ...

Each query or line of T-SQL code runs under an interpreter, making it less than ideal for complex number crunching or other manipulations that benefit from compilation. Since SQL Server 7, stored ...

UNSAFE code isn't restricted in any way, including using unmanaged code. Using UNSAFE could compromise SQL Server, so only users who are members of the sql_admins role can even permit UNSAFE code ...