February 2008 - Posts

• I would rather see SP3, but I'll take CU6 instead...

  Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2005 is now available. This is build 3228. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946608 Looks mainly like fixes to replication, reporting services, and analysis services. But there appear to be some fun access violations and Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:27 PM by AaronBertrand | 4 Comments

• 16 Changed Dynamic Management Views in SQL Server 2008

  Yesterday Denis Gobo told you about 33 new DMVs in SQL Server 2008 ; previously, I had noticed that a few of the existing DMVs from 2005 had changed slightly. So, Denis sparked my curiosity, and I ran the following query on a recent build of SQL Server Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:46 AM by AaronBertrand | 3 Comments Filed under: katmai, SQL Server 2008, DMVs, dynamic management views

• List of SQL Server 2005 post-SP2 builds

  For years, ever since I started posting SQL Server 2000 build lists (and later, SQL Server 2005 build lists ) over at aspfaq.com, I have been complaining that Microsoft makes it very hard for us to stay on top of these things, and suggested on numerous Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:21 AM by AaronBertrand | 5 Comments