Question

I’m testing out some SQL CLR stuff in VS 2008 and SQL Server 2005, how do I install a user defined function on the database? I built it and have the DLL, but now what?

Answer 1

You would use CREATE ASSEMBLY. e.g.:

CREATE ASSEMBLY MyAssembly FROM 'C:\path\fille.dll' WITH PERMISSION_SET = SAFE;
GO

And then optional syntax for CREATE FUNCTION that references the function in your assembly (the external name will be dependent on how you structured your code):

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.MyFunction(@param <data_type>)
RETURNS <data_type>
AS EXTERNAL NAME MyAssembly.SqlServerFunctions.FunctionName;