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 conditions ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the heels of a dramatic rise in SQL injection attacks linked to drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft has released aimed at helping Webmasters and IT administrators block and eradicate this ...

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

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 ...