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 ...

The SQL Server team has released CU #4 for Service Pack 1.  KB article: KB #2833645 Build # is 11.0.3368 This build has 39 fixes by my count. For more information about this cumulative update, see the following posts: SQL Release Services Blog : Cumulative Update #4 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 SQLOS Team Blog : ...

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 # ...

SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #3 Build # 11.0.3349 KB Article: KB #2812412 38 fixes! Relevant for builds 11.0.3000 -> 11.0.3348 NOT for SQL Server 2012 RTM (11.0.2100 -> 11.0.2999) SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update #10 Build # 10.00.5835 KB Article: KB ...

Waited to deploy SQL Server 2012 until Service Pack 1 was released? Then held off because Service Pack 1 did not include important updates from Cumulative Update #3 and Cumulative Update #4? You're running out of reasons to procrastinate! The SQL Server team has released CU #1 for Service Pack 1, which should include all of the fixes from CU #3 ...

Last week I mentioned in passing that Service Pack 1 is now available, while I was blogging from the PASS Summit keynote. I wanted to put up an official post instead of having it appear as a footnote there (I also updated my April Fools' joke to point to the right place).   Service Pack 1 Details  Service Pack 1 is build # 11.0.3000 ...

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 ...