• I always love to see alternatives ....

    But going back to use the unstable sp_oa... is at least one bridge to far.

    There has been a nice article with a CLR alternative on SQL2005: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SS2K5+-+CLR+Integration/geocodingwithsqlserver2005/2373/

    It should still be a valid staring point for SQL2008 (R2) on this matter.

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