As I mentioned in a few previous blog entries, SQL Server 2012 runs the .NET 4 version inside of SQL Server. Your SQLCLR code may be affected by some behavior differences between .NET versions 2.0/3.5/3.5 SP1 and .NET 4.0. I like the way SQL Server chose to deal with these differences. Although the documentation on these differences […]
Bob Beauchemin
SQL Server Blog
SQLCLR .NET 4-based behavior differences in SQL Server 2012
Posted on: November 27, 2011 6:52 pm
Per-appdomain diagnostic info in SQL Server 2012 SQLCLR
Posted on: November 27, 2011 6:45 pm
In SQL Server 2012, SQLCLR now loads .NET 4.0 code rather than .NET 2.0 as in previous versions of SQL Server. Note that the "main system" assemblies (e.g. mscorlib.dll, System.Data.dll) in .NET did not appear as a separate directory, between version 2.0 and 4.0; instead, the .NET 2.0 librares were updated. As an example, SQL […]
Native ODBC components in SQL Server 2012 SSIS
Posted on: November 26, 2011 4:58 pm
Just had the occasion to look at SSIS Sources and Destinations in SQL Server 2012 RC0. After reading about the stated direction to use ODBC for SQL Server/relational data access over OLE DB and writing up my own blog post about it, I wondered how long it would be before a native ODBC source and destination appeared […]
Using SQL Server 2012 tools with older database versions
Posted on: November 21, 2011 2:44 pm
Last week, while teaching a class based around SQL Server 2008 R2, I happened to "brag up" the new tools in SQL Server 2012, mainly the Extended Event graphic user interface in SSMS and the ability of Database Tuning Advisor to tune from the plan cache. This, of course, immediately brought up the question: "Do […]
Speaking at Portland, OR, User Group in December
Posted on: November 4, 2011 1:54 pm
Speaking at a user group is a bit different from speaking at a conference or other event. Because you know the folks there personally (hi Ken, Chris, and all ;-), you can ask around and "do requests", rather than just do what's interesting to you at the time. This one's a request. On December 8, I'll […]
SQL Server 2012 client features – ADO.NET 4.02 released
Posted on: November 3, 2011 2:09 pm
This post is about the changes in the client stack for SQL Server 2012. It's a very short post. The last two major releases of SQL Server (2005 and 2008) corresponded to .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 SP1 respectively. In addition, each one corresponded to a new version of SNAC (SQL Native Client, that is, […]
