Was there anything in the PERL script that couldn't be accomplished with xp_instance_regread and xp_instance_regwrite?
Interesting stuff. Couple questions though. Can you post some examples of why you've needed registry access from within SQL? I'm not a PERL user, so is there any advantage to using PERL over the already loaded .Net framework?
Sorta, maybe wasnt the best question either. Are there things you're able to change this way that you can't using SMO or DMO?
Your list doesn't include the DefaultData and DefaultLog entries in it.
These are the only values I read or set on a regular basis:
Exec
Exec xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer', N'DefaultLog'
Exec xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer', N'DefaultData'
