Chapter 12. Extended Stored Procedures

IN THIS CHAPTER

Extended stored procedures are a special type of procedure that you can use to add extremely powerful functionality to your SQL Server applications. Unlike normal stored procedures, extended stored procedures aren't written using the SQL language—instead, they are written using C or C++.

In this chapter, the following topics are covered:

  • How extended stored procedures work

  • Writing the required C code

  • Registering extended stored procedures

  • Useful system extended stored procedures

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