Question

OK, I realize that SS 2008 doesn’t have native regex functions. I also see that it’s possible to add them using CLR.
I found the regex CLR at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163473.aspx
, but I don’t know what to do with them.

So I have 2 questions. The regex is only used when importing records (up to 1,000,000 at a time, and up to 50,000,000 a year) against 2 fields.

1st question. I can do it manually 1 record at a time in my code (ASP.NET), and I know it would be a performance hit, but no idea how big of one. Any input on this?

2nd question. Can someone point me to a simple step by step instruction on how to install the CLR files I downloaded? I tried doing a search, but that either didn’t show the info I needed, or was too buried in other info for me to find it.

Thanks

P.S. I’m running SS 2008 (not R2) and VS.NET 2008.

Answer 1

See the article here for a complete tutorial.