SQL Server - Performance Comparison between Scalar Function and CLR Scalar Function

This post is the 5 part of 8 in the series. Performance tuning

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In this post, which will be the blog's 200 number, I would like to talk about two subjects that I particularly like about SQL Server, which is the creation of .NET (CLR) routines within the SQL Server database and performance tuning.

Coincidental or not, my post number 100 was the Introduction to SQL Common Language Runtime (CLR) in SQL Server, which was my first blog post about the CLR.

My intention in this post, is to demonstrate the performance gain that can be obtained by using Scalar functions of the CLR instead of the Scalar function written in T-SQL (UDF - User Defined Function). In the tests carried out, the vast majority of the T-SQL functions that were migrated to CLR functions have a great performance gain simply due to the optimizations of the Microsoft .NET Framework compared to the SQL Server engine.

In many situations, we see that indexes are created correctly, statistics updated, and without having to rewrite the query, you can achieve a great performance gain by simply changing the programming language of scalar functions.

Will CLR function always be better?

Some may have some questions about the performance of scalar functions of the CLR, which I will clarify:

- Will the scalar functions of the CLR always perform better than functions?
Certainly not! I've done a lot of tests comparing different functions, for different purposes and from my experience, the scalar functions written in C # on CLR do have a better performance, but I've seen some cases where even optimizing the code to the maximum, the function T-SQL performs better.

- What if we compare the performance of native functions with the CLR functions?
Functions, in general, always degrade performance if a database query. However, as much as the CLR scalar functions are quite performative, the native SQL Server functions (eg CONVERT, CAST, DATEADD, etc.) generally perform better when compared.

Comparing performance in practice

After making this introduction on the subject, it's time to really demonstrate what was said here. And nothing better than performing performance tests in practice to convince you that the CLR can in many cases provide a great performance gain in your SQL Server queries.

To generate the mass of test data, I used this script:

IF (OBJECT_ID('dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance') IS NOT NULL) DROP TABLE dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance
CREATE TABLE dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance (
    Id INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
    Nome VARCHAR(200),
    Numero INT,
    [Data] DATETIME,
    Observacao VARCHAR(MAX),
    CPF VARCHAR(11)
)

INSERT INTO dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance ( Nome, Numero, [Data], Observacao, CPF )
SELECT 
    CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),
    dbo.fncRand(99999999),
    DATEADD(SECOND, (CAST(RAND() * 31536000 AS INT)), '2017-01-01') AS Dt_Venda,
    CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),
    RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 11) + CAST(dbo.fncRand(99999999999) AS VARCHAR(11)), 11) AS CPF


DECLARE @Contador INT = 1, @Total INT = 20


WHILE(@Contador <= @Total)
BEGIN
 
    INSERT INTO dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance ( Nome, Numero, [Data], Observacao, CPF )
    SELECT 
        CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),
        dbo.fncRand(99999999),
        DATEADD(SECOND, (CAST(RAND() * 31536000 AS INT)), '2017-01-01') AS Dt_Venda,
        CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),
        RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 11) + CAST(dbo.fncRand(99999999999) AS VARCHAR(11)), 11) AS CPF
    FROM
        dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance


    SET @Contador += 1
 

END

IF (OBJECT_ID('dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance') IS NOT NULL) DROP TABLE dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance

CREATE TABLE dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance (

Id INT IDENTITY(1, 1),

Nome VARCHAR(200),

Numero INT,

[Data] DATETIME,

Observacao VARCHAR(MAX),

CPF VARCHAR(11)

)

INSERT INTO dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance ( Nome, Numero, [Data], Observacao, CPF )

SELECT

CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),

dbo.fncRand(99999999),

DATEADD(SECOND, (CAST(RAND() * 31536000 AS INT)), '2017-01-01') AS Dt_Venda,

CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),

RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 11) + CAST(dbo.fncRand(99999999999) AS VARCHAR(11)), 11) AS CPF

DECLARE @Contador INT = 1, @Total INT = 20

WHILE(@Contador <= @Total)

BEGIN

INSERT INTO dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance ( Nome, Numero, [Data], Observacao, CPF )

SELECT

CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),

dbo.fncRand(99999999),

DATEADD(SECOND, (CAST(RAND() * 31536000 AS INT)), '2017-01-01') AS Dt_Venda,

CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)) + ';' + CAST(NEWID() AS VARCHAR(50)),

RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 11) + CAST(dbo.fncRand(99999999999) AS VARCHAR(11)), 11) AS CPF

FROM

dirceuresende.dbo.Teste_Performance

SET @Contador += 1

END

The source code for the fncRand () function, as well as the explanation of why I use this function instead of RAND (), you can find in the post. SQL Server - Msg 443 Invalid use of a side-effecting operator 'rand' within a function.

fncFirstDayMes

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncPrimeiroDiaMes](@Dt_Referencia DATETIME)
RETURNS DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN DATEADD(DAY,-(DAY(@Dt_Referencia)-1), CAST(FLOOR(CAST(@Dt_Referencia AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME))
END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncPrimeiroDiaMes](@Dt_Referencia DATETIME)

RETURNS DATETIME

BEGIN

RETURN DATEADD(DAY,-(DAY(@Dt_Referencia)-1), CAST(FLOOR(CAST(@Dt_Referencia AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME))

END

CLR Source Code:

using System;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlDateTime fncPrimeiro_Dia_Mes(SqlDateTime Dt_Referencia)
    {
        if (Dt_Referencia.IsNull)
            return SqlDateTime.Null;

        var data = Dt_Referencia.Value;
        return new DateTime(data.Year, data.Month, 1);
    }
}

using System;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlDateTime fncPrimeiro_Dia_Mes(SqlDateTime Dt_Referencia)

{

if (Dt_Referencia.IsNull)

return SqlDateTime.Null;

var data = Dt_Referencia.Value;

return new DateTime(data.Year, data.Month, 1);

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

WHERE Performance Comparison

fncLastDayMes

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T-SQL Source Code:

create function [dbo].[fncUltimoDiaMes](@Dt_Referencia datetime)
RETURNS datetime
as
begin
    return dateadd(day,-1,dateadd(month,+1,DATEADD(DAY,-(DAY(@Dt_Referencia)-1), CAST(FLOOR(CAST(@Dt_Referencia AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME))))
end

create function [dbo].[fncUltimoDiaMes](@Dt_Referencia datetime)

RETURNS datetime

begin

return dateadd(day,-1,dateadd(month,+1,DATEADD(DAY,-(DAY(@Dt_Referencia)-1), CAST(FLOOR(CAST(@Dt_Referencia AS FLOAT)) AS DATETIME))))

end

CLR Source Code:

using System;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static DateTime fncUltimo_Dia_Mes(DateTime data)
    {
        return new DateTime(data.Year, data.Month, DateTime.DaysInMonth(data.Year, data.Month));
    }
}

using System;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static DateTime fncUltimo_Dia_Mes(DateTime data)

{

return new DateTime(data.Year, data.Month, DateTime.DaysInMonth(data.Year, data.Month));

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

WHERE Performance Comparison

fncSplit

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncSplit] ( @String varchar(8000), @Separador varchar(8000), @PosBusca int )
RETURNS varchar(8000)
AS BEGIN
    
    DECLARE @Index int, @Max int, @Retorno varchar(8000)

    DECLARE @Partes as TABLE ( Id_Parte int identity(1,1), Texto varchar(8000) )

    SET @Index = charIndex(@Separador,@String)

    WHILE (@Index > 0) BEGIN	
        INSERT INTO @Partes SELECT SubString(@String,1,@Index-1)
        SET @String = Rtrim(Ltrim(SubString(@String,@Index+Len(@Separador),Len(@String))))
        SET @Index = charIndex(@Separador,@String)
    END

    IF (@String != '') INSERT INTO @Partes SELECT @String

    SELECT @Max = Count(*) FROM @Partes

    IF (@PosBusca = 0) SET @Retorno = Cast(@Max as varchar(5))
    IF (@PosBusca < 0) SET @PosBusca = @Max + 1 + @PosBusca
    IF (@PosBusca > 0) SELECT @Retorno = Texto FROM @Partes WHERE Id_Parte = @PosBusca

    RETURN Rtrim(Ltrim(@Retorno))

END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncSplit] ( @String varchar(8000), @Separador varchar(8000), @PosBusca int )

RETURNS varchar(8000)

AS BEGIN

DECLARE @Index int, @Max int, @Retorno varchar(8000)

DECLARE @Partes as TABLE ( Id_Parte int identity(1,1), Texto varchar(8000) )

SET @Index = charIndex(@Separador,@String)

WHILE (@Index > 0) BEGIN

INSERT INTO @Partes SELECT SubString(@String,1,@Index-1)

SET @String = Rtrim(Ltrim(SubString(@String,@Index+Len(@Separador),Len(@String))))

SET @Index = charIndex(@Separador,@String)

END

IF (@String != '') INSERT INTO @Partes SELECT @String

SELECT @Max = Count(*) FROM @Partes

IF (@PosBusca = 0) SET @Retorno = Cast(@Max as varchar(5))

IF (@PosBusca < 0) SET @PosBusca = @Max + 1 + @PosBusca

IF (@PosBusca > 0) SELECT @Retorno = Texto FROM @Partes WHERE Id_Parte = @PosBusca

RETURN Rtrim(Ltrim(@Retorno))

END

CLR Source Code:

using System;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncSplit(SqlString Ds_Palavra, SqlString Ds_Delimitador, SqlInt32 Qt_Indice)
    {

        if (Ds_Palavra.IsNull || Qt_Indice.IsNull)
            return SqlString.Null;

        if (Ds_Delimitador.IsNull)
            return Ds_Palavra.Value;

        var indice = (Qt_Indice.Value == 0) ? 1 : Qt_Indice.Value;
        var palavra = Ds_Palavra.Value.Split(Ds_Delimitador.Value.ToCharArray());

        if (Qt_Indice.Value == 0)
            return palavra.Length.ToString();

        if (palavra.Length < Qt_Indice.Value)
            return SqlString.Null;

        return indice > 0 ? palavra[indice - 1] : palavra[palavra.Length - Math.Abs(indice)];

    }
}

using System;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncSplit(SqlString Ds_Palavra, SqlString Ds_Delimitador, SqlInt32 Qt_Indice)

{

if (Ds_Palavra.IsNull || Qt_Indice.IsNull)

return SqlString.Null;

if (Ds_Delimitador.IsNull)

return Ds_Palavra.Value;

var indice = (Qt_Indice.Value == 0) ? 1 : Qt_Indice.Value;

var palavra = Ds_Palavra.Value.Split(Ds_Delimitador.Value.ToCharArray());

if (Qt_Indice.Value == 0)

return palavra.Length.ToString();

if (palavra.Length < Qt_Indice.Value)

return SqlString.Null;

return indice > 0 ? palavra[indice - 1] : palavra[palavra.Length - Math.Abs(indice)];

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison
Notice that, after waiting 5 mins, I ended up canceling and starting the tests again, but with only 10.000 records for the T-SQL function, compared to the CLR function running on 100.000 records. But even though the CLR function is running 10x more, see what happened in the results…

WHERE Performance Comparison

fncBase64_Encode

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncBase64_Encode] (
    @string VARCHAR(MAX)
) 
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS BEGIN

    DECLARE 
        @source VARBINARY(MAX), 
        @encoded VARCHAR(MAX)
        
    set @source = convert(varbinary(max), @string)
    SET @encoded = CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:base64Binary(sql:variable("@source"))', 'varchar(max)')

    RETURN @encoded

END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncBase64_Encode] (

@string VARCHAR(MAX)

)

RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)

AS BEGIN

DECLARE

@source VARBINARY(MAX),

@encoded VARCHAR(MAX)

set @source = convert(varbinary(max), @string)

SET @encoded = CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:base64Binary(sql:variable("@source"))', 'varchar(max)')

RETURN @encoded

END

CLR Source Code:

using System;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using System.Text;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncBase64_Encode(SqlString Ds_Texto)
    {
        return Ds_Texto.IsNull ? null : Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Ds_Texto.Value));
    }
}

using System;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

using System.Text;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncBase64_Encode(SqlString Ds_Texto)

{

return Ds_Texto.IsNull ? null : Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Ds_Texto.Value));

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncBase64_Decode

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncBase64_Decode] (
    @string VARCHAR(MAX)
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS BEGIN

    DECLARE @decoded VARCHAR(MAX)
    SET @decoded = CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:base64Binary(sql:variable("@string"))', 'varbinary(max)')

    RETURN convert(varchar(max), @decoded)
    
END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncBase64_Decode] (

@string VARCHAR(MAX)

)

RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)

AS BEGIN

DECLARE @decoded VARCHAR(MAX)

SET @decoded = CAST('' AS XML).value('xs:base64Binary(sql:variable("@string"))', 'varbinary(max)')

RETURN convert(varchar(max), @decoded)

END

CLR Source Code:

using System;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using System.Text;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncBase64_Decode(SqlString Ds_Texto)
    {
        return Ds_Texto.IsNull ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(Ds_Texto.Value));
    }
}

using System;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

using System.Text;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncBase64_Decode(SqlString Ds_Texto)

{

return Ds_Texto.IsNull ? null : Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(Ds_Texto.Value));

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncValida_CPF

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncValida_CPF](@Nr_Documento [varchar](11))
RETURNS [bit]
AS 
BEGIN

    
    IF (ISNUMERIC(@Nr_Documento) = 0)
        RETURN 0


    DECLARE
        @Contador_1 INT,
        @Contador_2 INT,
        @Digito_1 INT,
        @Digito_2 INT,
        @Nr_Documento_Aux VARCHAR(11)

    SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = LTRIM(RTRIM(@Nr_Documento))
    SET @Digito_1 = 0

    IF LEN(@Nr_Documento_Aux) <> 11
        RETURN 0
    ELSE
    BEGIN

        -- Cálculo do segundo dígito
        SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 1, 9)

        SET @Contador_1 = 2

        WHILE @Contador_1 <= 10
        BEGIN 
            SET @Digito_1 = @Digito_1 + ( @Contador_1 * CAST(SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 11 - @Contador_1, 1) AS INT) )
            SET @Contador_1 = @Contador_1 + 1
        END 

        SET @Digito_1 = @Digito_1 - ( @Digito_1 / 11 ) * 11

        IF @Digito_1 <= 1
            SET @Digito_1 = 0
        ELSE
            SET @Digito_1 = 11 - @Digito_1

        SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = @Nr_Documento_Aux + CAST(@Digito_1 AS VARCHAR(1))

        IF @Nr_Documento_Aux <> SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento, 1, 10)
            RETURN 0
        ELSE 
        BEGIN 

            -- Cálculo do segundo dígito
            SET @Digito_2 = 0
            SET @Contador_2 = 2

            WHILE (@Contador_2 <= 11)
            BEGIN 
                SET @Digito_2 = @Digito_2 + ( @Contador_2 * CAST(SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 12 - @Contador_2, 1) AS INT) )
                SET @Contador_2 = @Contador_2 + 1
            END 

            SET @Digito_2 = @Digito_2 - ( @Digito_2 / 11 ) * 11


            IF @Digito_2 < 2
                SET @Digito_2 = 0
            ELSE
                SET @Digito_2 = 11 - @Digito_2
    

            SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = @Nr_Documento_Aux + CAST(@Digito_2 AS VARCHAR(1))


            IF @Nr_Documento_Aux <> @Nr_Documento
                RETURN 0

        END
                    
    END

    RETURN 1

END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncValida_CPF](@Nr_Documento [varchar](11))

RETURNS [bit]

BEGIN

IF (ISNUMERIC(@Nr_Documento) = 0)

RETURN 0

DECLARE

@Contador_1 INT,

@Contador_2 INT,

@Digito_1 INT,

@Digito_2 INT,

@Nr_Documento_Aux VARCHAR(11)

SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = LTRIM(RTRIM(@Nr_Documento))

SET @Digito_1 = 0

IF LEN(@Nr_Documento_Aux) <> 11

RETURN 0

ELSE

BEGIN

-- Cálculo do segundo dígito

SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 1, 9)

SET @Contador_1 = 2

WHILE @Contador_1 <= 10

BEGIN

SET @Digito_1 = @Digito_1 + ( @Contador_1 * CAST(SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 11 - @Contador_1, 1) AS INT) )

SET @Contador_1 = @Contador_1 + 1

END

SET @Digito_1 = @Digito_1 - ( @Digito_1 / 11 ) * 11

IF @Digito_1 <= 1

SET @Digito_1 = 0

ELSE

SET @Digito_1 = 11 - @Digito_1

SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = @Nr_Documento_Aux + CAST(@Digito_1 AS VARCHAR(1))

IF @Nr_Documento_Aux <> SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento, 1, 10)

RETURN 0

ELSE

BEGIN

-- Cálculo do segundo dígito

SET @Digito_2 = 0

SET @Contador_2 = 2

WHILE (@Contador_2 <= 11)

BEGIN

SET @Digito_2 = @Digito_2 + ( @Contador_2 * CAST(SUBSTRING(@Nr_Documento_Aux, 12 - @Contador_2, 1) AS INT) )

SET @Contador_2 = @Contador_2 + 1

END

SET @Digito_2 = @Digito_2 - ( @Digito_2 / 11 ) * 11

IF @Digito_2 < 2

SET @Digito_2 = 0

ELSE

SET @Digito_2 = 11 - @Digito_2

SET @Nr_Documento_Aux = @Nr_Documento_Aux + CAST(@Digito_2 AS VARCHAR(1))

IF @Nr_Documento_Aux <> @Nr_Documento

RETURN 0

END

RETURN 1

END

CLR Source Code:

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlBoolean fncValida_CPF(SqlString Ds_CPF)
    {

        if (Ds_CPF.IsNull)
            return false;


        var valor = Ds_CPF.Value.Replace(".", "").Replace("-", "").Replace(" ", "");


        if (valor.Length != 11)
            return false;


        long resultadoConversaoInt;
        if (!long.TryParse(valor, out resultadoConversaoInt))
            return false;


        var igual = true;
        for (var i = 1; i < 11 && igual; i++)
            if (valor[i] != valor[0])
                igual = false;

        if (igual || valor == "12345678909") return false;


        var numeros = new int[11];
        for (var i = 0; i < 11; i++)
            numeros[i] = int.Parse(valor[i].ToString());


        var soma = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++)
            soma += (10 - i) * numeros[i];


        var resultado = soma % 11;
        if (resultado == 1 || resultado == 0)
        {
            if (numeros[9] != 0)
                return false;
        }
        else if (numeros[9] != 11 - resultado)
            return false;


        soma = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            soma += (11 - i) * numeros[i];


        resultado = soma % 11;
        if (resultado == 1 || resultado == 0)
        {
            if (numeros[10] != 0)
                return false;
        }
        else if (numeros[10] != 11 - resultado)
            return false;


        return true;

    }

}

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlBoolean fncValida_CPF(SqlString Ds_CPF)

{

if (Ds_CPF.IsNull)

return false;

var valor = Ds_CPF.Value.Replace(".", "").Replace("-", "").Replace(" ", "");

if (valor.Length != 11)

return false;

long resultadoConversaoInt;

if (!long.TryParse(valor, out resultadoConversaoInt))

return false;

var igual = true;

for (var i = 1; i < 11 && igual; i++)

if (valor[i] != valor[0])

igual = false;

if (igual || valor == "12345678909") return false;

var numeros = new int[11];

for (var i = 0; i < 11; i++)

numeros[i] = int.Parse(valor[i].ToString());

var soma = 0;

for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++)

soma += (10 - i) * numeros[i];

var resultado = soma % 11;

if (resultado == 1 || resultado == 0)

{

if (numeros[9] != 0)

return false;

}

else if (numeros[9] != 11 - resultado)

return false;

soma = 0;

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)

soma += (11 - i) * numeros[i];

resultado = soma % 11;

if (resultado == 1 || resultado == 0)

{

if (numeros[10] != 0)

return false;

}

else if (numeros[10] != 11 - resultado)

return false;

return true;

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncRetrieveNumbers

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE function [dbo].[fncRecupera_Numeros](@str varchar(500))  
returns varchar(500)  
begin  

    declare @startingIndex int  
    set @startingIndex=0  
    while 1=1  
    begin  
        set @startingIndex= patindex('%[^0-9]%',@str)  
        if @startingIndex <> 0  
        begin  
            set @str = replace(@str,substring(@str,@startingIndex,1),'')  
        end  
        else    break;   
    end  

    return NULLIF(@str, '')

end

CREATE function [dbo].[fncRecupera_Numeros](@str varchar(500))

returns varchar(500)

begin

declare @startingIndex int

set @startingIndex=0

while 1=1

begin

set @startingIndex= patindex('%[^0-9]%',@str)

if @startingIndex <> 0

begin

set @str = replace(@str,substring(@str,@startingIndex,1),'')

end

else break;

end

return NULLIF(@str, '')

end

CLR Source Code:

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncRecupera_Numeros(SqlString Ds_Texto)
    {


        if (Ds_Texto.IsNull)
            return SqlString.Null;


        var retorno = "";
        var palavra = Ds_Texto.Value;
        var len = palavra.Length;

        for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
        {
            var letra = palavra[i];

            if (letra >= '0' && letra <= '9')
                retorno += letra;
        }

        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(retorno) ? SqlString.Null : retorno;
    }
};

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncRecupera_Numeros(SqlString Ds_Texto)

{

if (Ds_Texto.IsNull)

return SqlString.Null;

var retorno = "";

var palavra = Ds_Texto.Value;

var len = palavra.Length;

for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)

{

var letra = palavra[i];

if (letra >= '0' && letra <= '9')

retorno += letra;

}

return string.IsNullOrEmpty(retorno) ? SqlString.Null : retorno;

}

};

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncMes

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T-SQL Source Code:

-- @Fl_Tipo define como é o tipo de formatação
-- 1: Janeiro Fevereiro Marco Abril...
-- 2: JANEIRO FEVEVEIRO MARCO ABRIL
-- 3: Jan Fev Mar Abr
-- 4: JAN FEV MAR ABR
-- 5: January, February ... (cubo)

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncMes] (@Dt_Referencia DATETIME, @Fl_Tipo TINYINT, @Fl_Incluir_Ano BIT = 0, @Fl_Incluir_Dia BIT = 0)
RETURNS VARCHAR(30)
AS BEGIN

    
    DECLARE @Mes TINYINT
    SET @Mes = DATEPART(MONTH, @Dt_Referencia)


    DECLARE @Ds_Mes as varchar(30)
    SET @Ds_Mes = CASE 
        WHEN @Mes =  1 THEN 'Janeiro'
        WHEN @Mes =  2 THEN 'Fevereiro'
        WHEN @Mes =  3 THEN 'Março'
        WHEN @Mes =  4 THEN 'Abril'
        WHEN @Mes =  5 THEN 'Maio'
        WHEN @Mes =  6 THEN 'Junho'
        WHEN @Mes =  7 THEN 'Julho'
        WHEN @Mes =  8 THEN 'Agosto'
        WHEN @Mes =  9 THEN 'Setembro'
        WHEN @Mes = 10 THEN 'Outubro'
        WHEN @Mes = 11 THEN 'Novembro'
        WHEN @Mes = 12 THEN 'Dezembro'	
        ELSE NULL
    END
    IF (@Fl_Tipo IN (3,4)) SET @Ds_Mes = SubString(@Ds_Mes,1,3)
    IF (@Fl_Tipo IN (2,4)) SET @Ds_Mes = Upper(@Ds_Mes)

    IF (@Fl_Tipo = 5) BEGIN
        DECLARE @Date datetime 
        SET @Date = '2001'+Right('0'+Cast(@Mes as varchar(2)),2)+'01' 
        SET @Ds_Mes = DateName(Month,@Date)
    END
    
    
    IF (@Fl_Incluir_Ano = 1)
        SET @Ds_Mes = @Ds_Mes + ' ' + CAST(DATEPART(YEAR, @Dt_Referencia) AS VARCHAR(4))
    
    
    IF (@Fl_Incluir_Dia = 1)
        SET @Ds_Mes =   CAST(DATEPART(DAY, @Dt_Referencia) AS VARCHAR(4)) + '/' + @Ds_Mes
    

    RETURN @Ds_Mes
    
END

-- @Fl_Tipo define como é o tipo de formatação

-- 1: Janeiro Fevereiro Marco Abril...

-- 2: JANEIRO FEVEVEIRO MARCO ABRIL

-- 3: Jan Fev Mar Abr

-- 4: JAN FEV MAR ABR

-- 5: January, February ... (cubo)

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncMes] (@Dt_Referencia DATETIME, @Fl_Tipo TINYINT, @Fl_Incluir_Ano BIT = 0, @Fl_Incluir_Dia BIT = 0)

RETURNS VARCHAR(30)

AS BEGIN

DECLARE @Mes TINYINT

SET @Mes = DATEPART(MONTH, @Dt_Referencia)

DECLARE @Ds_Mes as varchar(30)

SET @Ds_Mes = CASE

WHEN @Mes = 1 THEN 'Janeiro'

WHEN @Mes = 2 THEN 'Fevereiro'

WHEN @Mes = 3 THEN 'Março'

WHEN @Mes = 4 THEN 'Abril'

WHEN @Mes = 5 THEN 'Maio'

WHEN @Mes = 6 THEN 'Junho'

WHEN @Mes = 7 THEN 'Julho'

WHEN @Mes = 8 THEN 'Agosto'

WHEN @Mes = 9 THEN 'Setembro'

WHEN @Mes = 10 THEN 'Outubro'

WHEN @Mes = 11 THEN 'Novembro'

WHEN @Mes = 12 THEN 'Dezembro'

ELSE NULL

END

IF (@Fl_Tipo IN (3,4)) SET @Ds_Mes = SubString(@Ds_Mes,1,3)

IF (@Fl_Tipo IN (2,4)) SET @Ds_Mes = Upper(@Ds_Mes)

IF (@Fl_Tipo = 5) BEGIN

DECLARE @Date datetime

SET @Date = '2001'+Right('0'+Cast(@Mes as varchar(2)),2)+'01'

SET @Ds_Mes = DateName(Month,@Date)

END

IF (@Fl_Incluir_Ano = 1)

SET @Ds_Mes = @Ds_Mes + ' ' + CAST(DATEPART(YEAR, @Dt_Referencia) AS VARCHAR(4))

IF (@Fl_Incluir_Dia = 1)

SET @Ds_Mes = CAST(DATEPART(DAY, @Dt_Referencia) AS VARCHAR(4)) + '/' + @Ds_Mes

RETURN @Ds_Mes

END

CLR Source Code:

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncMes(SqlDateTime Dt_Referencia, SqlInt32 Fl_Tipo, SqlBoolean Fl_Incluir_Ano, SqlBoolean Fl_Incluir_Dia)
    {


        #region Validações

        if (Dt_Referencia.IsNull)
            return null;


        if (Fl_Tipo.IsNull)
            Fl_Tipo = 1;


        if (Fl_Incluir_Ano.IsNull)
            Fl_Incluir_Ano = false;


        if (Fl_Incluir_Dia.IsNull)
            Fl_Incluir_Dia = false;

        #endregion


        var mes = Dt_Referencia.Value.Month;
        string retorno;


        if (Fl_Tipo == 5)
        {

            switch (mes)
            {
                case 1:
                    retorno = "January";
                    break;

                case 2:
                    retorno = "February";
                    break;

                case 3:
                    retorno = "March";
                    break;

                case 4:
                    retorno = "April";
                    break;

                case 5:
                    retorno = "May";
                    break;

                case 6:
                    retorno = "June";
                    break;

                case 7:
                    retorno = "July";
                    break;

                case 8:
                    retorno = "August";
                    break;

                case 9:
                    retorno = "September";
                    break;

                case 10:
                    retorno = "October";
                    break;

                case 11:
                    retorno = "November";
                    break;

                case 12:
                    retorno = "December";
                    break;

                default:
                    retorno = null;
                    break;
            }
               
        }
        else
        {

            switch (mes)
            {
                case 1:
                    retorno = "Janeiro";
                    break;

                case 2:
                    retorno = "Fevereiro";
                    break;

                case 3:
                    retorno = "Março";
                    break;

                case 4:
                    retorno = "Abril";
                    break;

                case 5:
                    retorno = "Maio";
                    break;

                case 6:
                    retorno = "Junho";
                    break;

                case 7:
                    retorno = "Julho";
                    break;

                case 8:
                    retorno = "Agosto";
                    break;

                case 9:
                    retorno = "Setembro";
                    break;

                case 10:
                    retorno = "Outubro";
                    break;

                case 11:
                    retorno = "Novembro";
                    break;

                case 12:
                    retorno = "Dezembro";
                    break;

                default:
                    retorno = null;
                    break;
            }

            if (Fl_Tipo == 3 || Fl_Tipo == 4)
                retorno = retorno?.Substring(0, 3);

            if (Fl_Tipo == 2 || Fl_Tipo == 4)
                retorno = retorno?.ToUpper();

        }

        
        if (Fl_Incluir_Ano.Value)
            retorno += " " + Dt_Referencia.Value.Year.ToString("0000");


        if (Fl_Incluir_Dia.Value)
            retorno = Dt_Referencia.Value.Day.ToString("00") + "/" + retorno;


        return retorno;

    }
}

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using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncMes(SqlDateTime Dt_Referencia, SqlInt32 Fl_Tipo, SqlBoolean Fl_Incluir_Ano, SqlBoolean Fl_Incluir_Dia)

{

#region Validações

if (Dt_Referencia.IsNull)

return null;

if (Fl_Tipo.IsNull)

Fl_Tipo = 1;

if (Fl_Incluir_Ano.IsNull)

Fl_Incluir_Ano = false;

if (Fl_Incluir_Dia.IsNull)

Fl_Incluir_Dia = false;

#endregion

var mes = Dt_Referencia.Value.Month;

string retorno;

if (Fl_Tipo == 5)

{

switch (mes)

{

case 1:

retorno = "January";

break;

case 2:

retorno = "February";

break;

case 3:

retorno = "March";

break;

case 4:

retorno = "April";

break;

case 5:

retorno = "May";

break;

case 6:

retorno = "June";

break;

case 7:

retorno = "July";

break;

case 8:

retorno = "August";

break;

case 9:

retorno = "September";

break;

case 10:

retorno = "October";

break;

case 11:

retorno = "November";

break;

case 12:

retorno = "December";

break;

default:

retorno = null;

break;

}

else

{

switch (mes)

{

case 1:

retorno = "Janeiro";

break;

case 2:

retorno = "Fevereiro";

break;

case 3:

retorno = "Março";

break;

case 4:

retorno = "Abril";

break;

case 5:

retorno = "Maio";

break;

case 6:

retorno = "Junho";

break;

case 7:

retorno = "Julho";

break;

case 8:

retorno = "Agosto";

break;

case 9:

retorno = "Setembro";

break;

case 10:

retorno = "Outubro";

break;

case 11:

retorno = "Novembro";

break;

case 12:

retorno = "Dezembro";

break;

default:

retorno = null;

break;

}

if (Fl_Tipo == 3 || Fl_Tipo == 4)

retorno = retorno?.Substring(0, 3);

if (Fl_Tipo == 2 || Fl_Tipo == 4)

retorno = retorno?.ToUpper();

}

if (Fl_Incluir_Ano.Value)

retorno += " " + Dt_Referencia.Value.Year.ToString("0000");

if (Fl_Incluir_Dia.Value)

retorno = Dt_Referencia.Value.Day.ToString("00") + "/" + retorno;

return retorno;

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncConverte_In_Hours

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncConverte_Em_Horas] (@Qt_Tempo BIGINT, @Tp_Tempo VARCHAR(10))
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
BEGIN 

    DECLARE @ResultadoNegativo TINYINT = 0

    IF (@Qt_Tempo < 0)
    BEGIN
        SET @ResultadoNegativo = 1
        SET @Qt_Tempo = @Qt_Tempo * (-1)
    END 
    

    DECLARE @Diferenca BIGINT = @Qt_Tempo, 
            @Segundos BIGINT = 0, 
            @Minutos BIGINT = 0, 
            @Horas BIGINT = 0

    
    IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('ss','second'))
    BEGIN
        
        SET @Horas = @Diferenca / 3600 
        SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Horas * 3600) 

        SET @Minutos = @Diferenca / 60 
        SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Minutos * 60) 

        SET @Segundos = @Diferenca 
    
    END
    
    IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('mm','minute'))
    BEGIN
        
        SET @Horas = @Diferenca / 60
        SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Horas * 60)

        SET @Minutos = @Diferenca

        SET @Segundos = 0 
    
    END
    
    IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('hh','hour'))
    BEGIN
        
        SET @Horas = @Diferenca 

        SET @Minutos = 0

        SET @Segundos = 0
    
    END
    
        
    RETURN 
        (CASE WHEN @ResultadoNegativo = 1 THEN '-' ELSE '' END) + 
        (CASE WHEN @Horas <= 9 THEN RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Horas AS VARCHAR(1)), 2) ELSE CAST(@Horas AS VARCHAR(MAX)) END + ':' + 
         RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Minutos AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':' + 
         RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Segundos AS VARCHAR(2)), 2)) 
        
END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncConverte_Em_Horas] (@Qt_Tempo BIGINT, @Tp_Tempo VARCHAR(10))

RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)

BEGIN

DECLARE @ResultadoNegativo TINYINT = 0

IF (@Qt_Tempo < 0)

BEGIN

SET @ResultadoNegativo = 1

SET @Qt_Tempo = @Qt_Tempo * (-1)

END

DECLARE @Diferenca BIGINT = @Qt_Tempo,

@Segundos BIGINT = 0,

@Minutos BIGINT = 0,

@Horas BIGINT = 0

IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('ss','second'))

BEGIN

SET @Horas = @Diferenca / 3600

SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Horas * 3600)

SET @Minutos = @Diferenca / 60

SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Minutos * 60)

SET @Segundos = @Diferenca

END

IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('mm','minute'))

BEGIN

SET @Horas = @Diferenca / 60

SET @Diferenca = @Diferenca - (@Horas * 60)

SET @Minutos = @Diferenca

SET @Segundos = 0

END

IF(@Tp_Tempo IN('hh','hour'))

BEGIN

SET @Horas = @Diferenca

SET @Minutos = 0

SET @Segundos = 0

END

RETURN

(CASE WHEN @ResultadoNegativo = 1 THEN '-' ELSE '' END) +

(CASE WHEN @Horas <= 9 THEN RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Horas AS VARCHAR(1)), 2) ELSE CAST(@Horas AS VARCHAR(MAX)) END + ':' +

RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Minutos AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) + ':' +

RIGHT('00' + CAST(@Segundos AS VARCHAR(2)), 2))

END

CLR Source Code:

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncConverte_Em_Horas(SqlInt64 Qt_Tempo, SqlString Tp_Tempo)
    {

        if (Qt_Tempo.IsNull)
            return SqlString.Null;


        if (Tp_Tempo.IsNull)
            return SqlString.Null;


        var resultadoNegativo = false;
        var tempo = Qt_Tempo.Value;

        if (tempo < 0)
        {
            resultadoNegativo = true;
            tempo = tempo * -1;
        }


        var diferenca = tempo;
        long segundos = 0;
        long minutos = 0;
        long horas = 0;

        switch (Tp_Tempo.Value)
        {

            case "ss":
            case "second":
                horas = diferenca / 3600;
                diferenca -= (horas * 3600);

                minutos = diferenca / 60;
                diferenca -= (minutos * 60);

                segundos = diferenca;

                break;


            case "mm":
            case "minute":
                horas = diferenca / 60;
                diferenca -= (horas * 60);

                minutos = diferenca;

                break;


            case "hh":
            case "hour":
                horas = diferenca;

                break;

        }

        return ((resultadoNegativo) ? "-" : "") + horas.ToString("00") + ":" + minutos.ToString("00") + ":" + segundos.ToString("00");

    }
}

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncConverte_Em_Horas(SqlInt64 Qt_Tempo, SqlString Tp_Tempo)

{

if (Qt_Tempo.IsNull)

return SqlString.Null;

if (Tp_Tempo.IsNull)

return SqlString.Null;

var resultadoNegativo = false;

var tempo = Qt_Tempo.Value;

if (tempo < 0)

{

resultadoNegativo = true;

tempo = tempo * -1;

}

var diferenca = tempo;

long segundos = 0;

long minutos = 0;

long horas = 0;

switch (Tp_Tempo.Value)

{

case "ss":

case "second":

horas = diferenca / 3600;

diferenca -= (horas * 3600);

minutos = diferenca / 60;

diferenca -= (minutos * 60);

segundos = diferenca;

break;

case "mm":

case "minute":

horas = diferenca / 60;

diferenca -= (horas * 60);

minutos = diferenca;

break;

case "hh":

case "hour":

horas = diferenca;

break;

}

return ((resultadoNegativo) ? "-" : "") + horas.ToString("00") + ":" + minutos.ToString("00") + ":" + segundos.ToString("00");

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

fncFormat_Document

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T-SQL Source Code:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncFormata_Documento](
    @Nr_Documento varchar(max)
)
RETURNS varchar(max)
AS BEGIN

    SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'.','')
    SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'/','')
    SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'-','')

    DECLARE @Nr_Formatado varchar(max)
    
    
    IF (LEN(@Nr_Documento) = 14) BEGIN
        SET @Nr_Formatado = 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,1,2) + '.' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,3,3) + '.' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,6,3) + '/' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,9,4) + '-' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,13,2)
    END
    
    
    IF (LEN(@Nr_Documento) = 11) BEGIN	
        SET @Nr_Formatado = 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,1,3) + '.' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,4,3) + '.' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,7,3) + '-' + 
            substring(@Nr_Documento,10,2)
    END
    
    IF (@Nr_Formatado IS NULL) SET @Nr_Formatado = @Nr_Documento
    
    RETURN @Nr_Formatado
    
END

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fncFormata_Documento](

@Nr_Documento varchar(max)

)

RETURNS varchar(max)

AS BEGIN

SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'.','')

SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'/','')

SET @Nr_Documento = Replace(@Nr_Documento,'-','')

DECLARE @Nr_Formatado varchar(max)

IF (LEN(@Nr_Documento) = 14) BEGIN

SET @Nr_Formatado =

substring(@Nr_Documento,1,2) + '.' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,3,3) + '.' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,6,3) + '/' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,9,4) + '-' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,13,2)

END

IF (LEN(@Nr_Documento) = 11) BEGIN

SET @Nr_Formatado =

substring(@Nr_Documento,1,3) + '.' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,4,3) + '.' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,7,3) + '-' +

substring(@Nr_Documento,10,2)

END

IF (@Nr_Formatado IS NULL) SET @Nr_Formatado = @Nr_Documento

RETURN @Nr_Formatado

END

CLR Source Code:

using System;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions
{
    [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]
    public static SqlString fncFormata_Documento(SqlString Nr_Documento)
    {

        if (Nr_Documento.IsNull)
            return SqlString.Null;


        var documento = Nr_Documento.Value.Replace(".", "").Replace("-", "").Replace("/", "").Replace(" ", "");

        switch (documento.Length)
        {

            case 11:
                return Convert.ToUInt64(documento).ToString(@"000\.000\.000\-00");

            case 14:
                return Convert.ToUInt64(documento).ToString(@"00\.000\.000\/0000\-00");

        }

        return documento;

    }

}

using System;

using System.Data.SqlTypes;

public partial class UserDefinedFunctions

{

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction]

public static SqlString fncFormata_Documento(SqlString Nr_Documento)

{

if (Nr_Documento.IsNull)

return SqlString.Null;

var documento = Nr_Documento.Value.Replace(".", "").Replace("-", "").Replace("/", "").Replace(" ", "");

switch (documento.Length)

{

case 11:

return Convert.ToUInt64(documento).ToString(@"000\.000\.000\-00");

case 14:

return Convert.ToUInt64(documento).ToString(@"00\.000\.000\/0000\-00");

}

return documento;

}

Output:

SELECT Performance Comparison

Conclusion

After 10 performance tests between Scalar functions T-SQL x CLR, it can be concluded that in all the cases presented (I chose 10 from 90 functions that I have in 2 languages, randomly), the CLR function had a huge performance gain. , both CPU and runtime. In the company where I work as a DBA, I tested all 90 functions and in 87 cases, the function written in C # was executed at least half the time of the T-SQL function.

However, as I said above, this does not mean that in 100% of cases this will occur. Like everything related to performance tuning, there is no perfect tip that applies to 100% of situations. Before changing a T-SQL function to SQL, do several tests to ensure that there was really a significant performance gain when creating the function in CLR.

In the first 2 examples, where the functions are very simple, I could also compare with native SQL Server functions, without using UDF functions. In this case, it was observed that without using UDF function and applying native functions directly in SELECT and / or WHERE, it ends up being faster than CLR. However, the functions are often quite complex, which makes it difficult and even impossible to use them without creating a UDF function.

Functions in SQL Server are a great way to encapsulate and reuse code, but at the same time can end up compromising the performance of your queries. In this case, the solution that acts as a compromise between native SQL Server function and T-SQL scalar function would be the CLR scalar function, which outperforms the T-SQL function (in the vast majority of cases) and is close to of the native function and at the same time, enables the reuse and encapsulation of code.

Through this post, I hope I have shown you a real way to optimize SQL queries without having to change 1 line of code, without having to change anything in your instance. In many cases, indexes are being used as expected, statistics are up to date, no warning in the execution plan, but when using a T-SQL function, query performance is poor.

In this case, using CLR functions can be a big improvement in your application / routine and gain precious seconds / CPU cycles in everyday life. As a result, it was possible to reduce several and several hours of CPU / processing daily in the instances of my work by simply replacing T-SQL functions with CLR functions and this can be a big differentiator in DBA life.

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Any questions or criticism, leave here in the comments.

Hug!

wagmelo1 said:

24 March 2017 to 10: 36

Hi Dirceu, very good your post!
Mainly because it clarifies that in general CLR functions will perform better, but there are exceptions. And it's not a good idea to rewrite native SQL functions.

- Dirceu Resende said:
  
  9 April 2017 12 gies: 31
  
  Wagner,
  Thanks for the feedback and hope to have your questions on this topic.
  
  Any questions, I am available.

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