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.

In-Depth. Write .NET Code in SQL Server. 01/01/2004; Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" A ll versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural ...

"SQL Performance Tuning" will help the experienced SQL programmer make his or her code sing in terms of efficiency of code and optimization of data retrieval.

In my last column (published in the February e-edition and the March print edition of DBTA), I reviewed the overall coding landscape for SQL Server with special focus on LINQ to SQL, a new technology ...

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 ...

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

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 ...

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 ...