Send Calendar Event / Appointment Invitations (iCal formatted file) from within SQL Server using a CLR stored procedure. The instance configuration clr enabled must be turned on, and it will be turned ...

SQL-CLR Type Mismatches [!INCLUDE vbtecdlinq] automates much of the translation between the object model and SQL Server. Nevertheless, some situations prevent exact translation. These key mismatches ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

T-SQL is great for database code, but writing procedural code in T-SQL has always been difficult. Invariably, your project includes a stored procedure or two, requiring some text parsing or complex ...

I've googled for this on several occasions, but not really found any good information. I have a SQL 2005 CLR procedure that builds dynamic (parameterized) SQL. I basically have a main statement, and a ...

The Common Language Runtime is at the heart of Microsoft’s .NET vision. It promises to co-opt the benefits of Java–it’s a run-time environment that features a just-in-time compiler and built-in ...

CLR: Best for code that’s computation- or logic-intensive. A better option than “extended stored procedures,” which Microsoft offered in earlier SQL Server releases for creating server-side code with ...

Poorly managed Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers are the target of a new campaign that's designed to propagate a category of malware called CLR SqlShell that ultimately facilitates the deployment of ...

Abstract: This research investigates a novel attack technique employed by cybercriminals to compromise Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers. The attackers leverage the functionality of MS SQL Common ...