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 ...

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.  ...

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 ...