Five years in the making, the new development features in SQL Server 2005 are really the accumulation of dozens of man-years worth of effort by the SQL Server and .NET Framework development teams. These new features are focused around several key areas: database object development using the Common Language Runtime (CLR), T-SQL enhancements, subsystems that facilitate application development, and client-side development enhancements. Let's take a quick look at the best of what SQL Server 2005 has in store.