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Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 has been released

Denis Gobo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:10:00 GMT

Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 has been released, this build of the cumulative update package is also known as build 10.00.1779.00

To see all the fixes and how to obtain Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 go here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958186/en-us

SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Update 1 is available

AaronBertrand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:50:00 GMT

For those waiting for the first CU for SQL Server 2008, your wait is over. You can get it in KB #956717. The build # is 10.00.1763.00.

As with SQL Server 2005, you can simply submit a request for the CU, and it will get e-mailed to you. Be sure to request the correct platform(s), as many people have complained in the past that they wanted the x64 edition but got the x86 binaries, or vice versa.

Some interesting things I noticed:

They repeated the "trace flag fix" that forces the optimizer to obey TOP 100 PERCENT...ORDER BY in a view. (You know, for those of you too lazy to add ORDER BY clauses where they belong.) See KB #926292 for more information.
They fixed the MERGE bug that Itzik reported in Connect #357419. You can see KB #956718 for details of the fix.
Outside of some minor IntelliSense issues that haven't affected me so far, not many tools issues have been addressed. :-(
At least half of the fixes are for Reporting Services, which makes me think that it was the component least ready to ship.

SQL Server 2008 cumulative updates and hotfixes, oh my!

AaronBertrand — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:40:00 GMT

As of today there is at least one hotfix available for SQL Server 2008, and it involves Itzik Ben-Gan's reported foreign key validation problem with the new MERGE command. You can read about the bug here:

http://connect.microsoft.com/SQL/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=357419

And about the fixes/workarounds in KB #:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956718

More importantly, I have received confirmation that for SQL Server 2008, the SQL Server sustained engineering team will continue with the same tradition of releasing regularly scheduled cumulative updates for the foreseeable lifetime of the product. I've talked about it before, but you can read about this process here (even though it currently doesn't explicitly state that it applies to SQL Server 2008):

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2008/04/15/cumulative-update-7-for-sql-server-2005-service-pack-2-2.aspx

And here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897

In this case, you should expect the first cumulative update for SQL Server 2008 to be available sometime in September (watch KB #956717). I'm hoping to see a nice big list of fixes when the update is published, but to be honest, I have a narrow short list that I would be extremely happy about. :-)