How to use spatial data types in SQL Server Database project

Ali Shah
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Hi guys,

I want to write the stored procedures and the UDF etc in managed code using C#CLR, however i am struggling to find the namespace to be used in SQL Database project type.

This name space https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.types.aspx has got the spatial data types but this is not available in the SQL Server Database project.

For instance i am writing a UDF in CLR managed code and i want to use the geography data type.

regards,
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Are you able to install the Microsoft.SqlServer.Types from NuGet ?  I had to do this in order to use SQL spatial types in my C# project. 

using Microsoft.SqlServer.Types;

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If you're still not able to include it after installing the NuGet package, try adding the dll as a reference in your project (you may need to use the Browse option in the Reference Manager)
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Thanks with your suggestion i was able to download the dll file and then added it as a reference and it worked. i suppose perhaps in SQL Server i would need to register that dll.

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