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Four Myths about SQL Server’s CLR Engine

  1. There is an inherent overhead in calling CLR functions Not so. Try creating a T-SQL function and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/08/2009

Cryptography in SQL Server

What started as another blog post turned into an official SQL Server White Paper. If you are...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2009

SQL Server Checklist

Every once in a while, a process gets too complex for humans to manage consistently. For example,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2008