Last night Microsoft has released Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The build # is 10.50.2772 and it contains 14 fixes, a few of which are wrong-results bugs or cases of access violations. You can download the update here:KB #2567714 : Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 It was also ...

For those of you that held out on installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 because it was missing the fixes from RTM's Cumulative Updates 7 & 8, your wait is over - CU1 is here and it contains these fixes. I didn't verify this for every fix individually, but this is supposed to be the goal, so I'm going to take a leap of faith here. You ...

Many of you are probably asking, ''Where is Service Pack 1 already?'' Patience, friends. It will come in due time. In the meantime, you can see if any of the fixes in CU7 for RTM are applicable to symptoms you are experiencing (there are 33 fixes in total, so look carefully):KB #2507770 : Cumulative Update #7 for SQL Server 2008 R2 The build ...