again, if you explain why you want to open IE thru sql and not other methods we could help you better. detailed info gets detailed answers...vague statements gets vague answers.
CLR is the ability to call .NET code you would have to write. It can use a large number of items/programs, I'd say it requires a decent amount of programming skills to use and deploy.
explain why you cannot use a scheduled task to simply call a specific web page?
Lowell