Today Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30437 The build number is 10.50.4000.0 and it includes fixes from 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Updates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The fixes from Cumulative Updates 6 and 7 will be published in a subsequent cumulative update, so if ...

I see this question a lot: ''I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 database.  Can I attach it to a SQL Server 2008 SP2 instance?'' Part of this stems from the confusion over exactly what 2008 R2 is in the first place.  It is not a service pack to SQL Server 2008; it is its own, full-fledged version.  A lot of people don't fully realize this ...