Well, surely at least partly in response to the CU6 mess I reported earlier today, and partly because they were due, Microsoft has released new cumulative updates that contain - among other things - updated code that avoids the symptom introduced with earlier updates (though this regression fix doesn't seem to appear in the KB articles - unless ...

In April and May, Microsoft released cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (I blogged about them here and here). They are: CU #11 for 2008 SP3 (10.00.5840) (KB #2834048) CU #12 for 2008 R2 SP1 (10.50.2874) (KB #2828727) CU #6 for 2008 R2 SP2 (10.50.4279) (KB #2830140) Sometime after that, looks like the next ...

Today Microsoft released new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update # 12 KB Article: KB #2828727 7 fixes listed at time of publication Build number is 10.50.2874 Relevant for @@VERSION 10.50.2500 through 10.50.2873 SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update # ...

This morning the SQL Server Release Services Team has pushed out new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. Cumulative Update #13 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTMKnowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2679366Build number: 10.50.1815Number of fixes: 9Relevant for builds of SQL Server between 10.50.1600 and 10.50.1814Cumulative ...

Last night Microsoft released two new cumulative updates for SQL Server 2008 R2: Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 KB #2659694Build 10.50.280616 fixes, including a nasty SCOPE_IDENTITY() bug and several performance fixes.My recommendation: You should test and plan for this update if SELECT @@VERSION is between 10.50.2500 and ...

Microsoft has just released cumulative updates for both SQL Server 2008 R2 branches - RTM and Service Pack 1. SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #4http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633146/Build number is 10.50.2796Contains 53 fixes (as of February 6, 2012)SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update ...

Today Microsoft has released Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. Cumulative Update #10 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTMBuild number: 10.50.1807KB article: KB #2591746 13 fixesCumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Build number: 10.50.2789KB article: KB #259174822 fixesPlease note: these updates are for SQL Server 2008 R2 only ...

And the hits keep coming! Microsoft not only released Denali CTP3 today, they have also released Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 R2, which was first released as a CTP back in April (build 10.50.2425). If you installed the CTP, SELECT @@VERSION will yield something similar to the following: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - ...

Just as I was about to shut my machine down on a Friday, Microsoft goes and releases something we've been waiting on for a long time: a Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Service Pack 1 is finally available for testing! I want to talk about a couple of things that are included in this update that may be of interest [update: I've added a lot ...