Is there a way to dynamically execute a string in .net, similar to eval() in javascript or dynamic sql in sql?

Question

Is there a way to dynamically execute code contained in a string using .net 2.0, in a similar way to eval() in javascript or using sp_executeSQL in tsql?

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Answer 1

I think it's possible using reflection.emit and codedom to do this, but it's not at all trivial and I advise against it.

As an alternative, you could try configuring a format string, possibly in addition to the regex.