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 ...

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

SQL Server verifies that the assembly code is type-safe and validates the code when it's cataloged. This not only saves time—because the runtime usually does this during the JIT process (at first load ...

These classes (types) can have member functions that are accessible in T-SQL, à la SQL distinct types, and they can have mutator functions that are usable in T-SQL update statements.

SQL Server verifies that the assembly code is type-safe and validates the code when it's cataloged. This not only saves time—because the runtime usually does this during the JIT process (at first load ...