Very early this morning, Microsoft released four updates: one for SQL Server 2005 SP3, one for SQL Server 2005 SP4, one for SQL Server 2008 SP1, and one for SQL Server 2008 SP2. Cumulative Update KB Article Build Number Number of Fixes SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #15 KB #2507766 9.00.4325 6 SQL ...

If you are using SQL Server 2008 SP1 or SP2, the release services team yesterday issued cumulative updates for both branches.  (And if you are still on SQL Server 2008 RTM, I can only ask, ''Why?'')SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update #12 - build #10.0.2808 SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update #2 - build #10.0.4272My favorite fix (well, ...

On Monday, the SQL Server Release Services team released cumulative updates for both SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2.  The cumulative update for SP2 restores the fixes that were potentially undone by applying SP2 (or the SP2 CTP) after applying CU9 or CU10 to SP1.  Confusing, yes, but at least it's straightened out now.  ...

I'm not going to blab about the speculation, or how Microsoft seems to like making their promised deadlines by the skin of their teeth.  I'm too busy preparing how we're going to deploy and test SP2 on all of our SQL Server 2008 instances.  So without any delay, here are the downloads / fix information:Download Details: Microsoft SQL ...

Last night Microsoft released Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #10:KB #2279604 : Cumulative update package 10 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 The build number is 10.00.2799 and there seem to be some interesting fixes included if you browse through them.  But at least on first glance and at the gut level, I'm less interested in the fixes, ...

The SQL Server Release Services team recently announced that they have released a new Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2008 SP1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2010/07/19/cumulative-update-9-for-sql-server-2008-service-pack-1.aspx This update will bring you to build 10.00.2789.  From the looks of the KB article, a ...

While I don't recommend you rush out and deploy this to your production instances today, it might not be a bad idea to get a head start on testing the fixes in SQL Server 2008 SP2 in your development and/or test environments. I have tested it on a few standalone machines, and so far have not come across any issues.  I have not yet attempted ...