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

HttpWebRequest is part of the System.Net assembly, which is not part of the supported libraries. I'd recommend using the library System.Web.Services instead to make web service calls from inside the SQLCLR.