HttpWebRequest runs slowly first time within SQLCLR

Question

When making an HttpWebRequest within a CLR stored procedure (as per the code below), the first invocation after the Sql Server is (re-)started or after a given (but indeterminat

Answer 1

There is always a delay the first time SQLCLR loads the necessary assemblies. That should be the case not only for your function MakeWebRequest, but also for any .NET function in the SQLCLR.