Multi-parameter CLR aggregate in SQL Server 2005
How is it possible to pass multiple parameters to a SQL Server 2005 CLR aggregate?
2010-07-06
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SQLCLR function to return free space for all drives on a server
When looking for impending problems due to lack of disk space it's necessary to know how much space is available on each drive. There have been other tips written about how to do this, but in this tip I show you a way this can be done using SQLCLR.
2010-04-27
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CLR Table-Valued Function Example with Full Streaming (STVF / TVF)
SQL CLR Table-Valued Functions can stream data back, but there aren't many examples of the quick and easy method. Solomon Rutzky brings us an article that givse you an example you can extend to your environment.
2009-12-23
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Exporting to Excel Using a CLR Stored Procedure
The inclusion of the CLR in SQL Server has been controversial, but some people have come up with great ways to take advantage of this feature. New author Anders Pedersen brings us a technique to export data from SQL Server into Excel using the CLR.
2009-12-02
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Trading in xp_cmdshell for SQLCLR (Part 2) - Export Data to Flat Files
Learn how SQLCLR can be used to replace BCP and xp_cmdshell to export data to comma separated and tab delimited flat files.
2011-05-06 (first published: 2009-03-03)
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SQL Server CLR function to concatenate values in a column
If a column is normalized, but the user really wants to see the values as a short comma separated list, how can I write a query that produces the list? Concatenating the values in a column would be pretty easy if SQL Server had a concatenate aggregate function, which it doesn't. What's more, for efficiency sake it's important to write the reporting queries without using cursors.
2009-02-09
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Trading in xp_cmdshell for SQLCLR (Part 1) - List Directory Contents
Learn how to use SQLCLR to get file system information instead of using xp_cmdshell on your SQL Servers.
2013-11-22 (first published: 2009-02-05)
33,087 reads
SQL Server CLR function to improve performance of validating email addresses
I had been doing the validation with a T-SQL User Defined Function (UDF), but it was getting too slow as the number of e-mails grew. I needed a faster alternative, what options do I have?
2009-02-03
3,559 reads
Writing to an operating system file using the SQL Server SQLCLR
Reading files from the operating system can be done with T-SQL as I showed in the tip Using OPENROWSET to read large files into SQL Server. What if you want to write to an operating system file? For example, writing to a text file. There's no T-SQL that supports writing to a file.
2009-01-21
3,994 reads
Managed Data Access Inside SQL Server with ADO.NET and SQLCLR
Using the new SQLCLR feature, managed code can use ADO.NET when running inside SQL Server 2005. Learn about SQLCLR via basic scenarios of in-process data access, SQLCLR constructs, and their interactions.
2008-07-04
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