Enable xp_cmdshell in Microsoft SQL-server

Disclaimer: Beware of the possible security threat when you enable xp_cmdshell usage. You can also take a look at this article, it’s at bit more complicated, but a lot safer.
The article pretty much walks you through, what you need to do to use SQLCLR. I tried it out and got stuck when i got a security threat. I got the threat because you have to give the assemblies that you use (‘alter assemblies…’) a given state – safe, unsafe and external in the SQL-server.

EXEC master.dbo.sp_configure ‘show advanced options’, 1
RECONFIGURE
EXEC master.dbo.sp_configure ‘xp_cmdshell’, 1
RECONFIGURE

It’s also possible to use ‘sp_oacreate’.

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