Since SQL Server 7, stored procedures and user-defined functions (UDFs) aren't precompiled or stored in an intermediate parsed-tree format prior to use, as in earlier versions.

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 ...

different types of SQL Server 'types'. Let's add a couple of simple UDFs (User Defined Functions) in .NET, deploy them to the SQL Server and then test them. We use VB.NET here. Advertisment ...

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.