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SQL Server 2005 SP3 is publicly confirmed
Microsoft has committed publicly to releasing Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005. Francois Ajenstat first talked about it very recently here. While there were some casual mentions of the release in...
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Beta is available!
Okay, it happened a couple of days ago; sorry for not noticing. But SQL Server Release Services / Sustained Engineering has announced that an SP3 Beta has been made available. The build is 9.00.4028...
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 is available!
UPDATE 2008-12-16, from the team, regarding SP3 CU1: CU#1 on SP3 is nothing but a rollup of fixes from SP2 CU#10 and SP2 CU#11 that did not make it into SP3 release as these hotfix requests had come in...
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More info on SQL Server 2005 SP3 + Cumulative Updates
I recently posted about the availability of SQL Server 2005 SP3. I have a bit more information about cumulative updates and the service pack, for those of you who might be confused about the whole...
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 through Microsoft Update now supports clusters
What this says to me is, if any of your clusters have automatic updating turned on, you might get SP3 as a surprise. Since the blog post states that it must be run in attended / UI mode, maybe that is...
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Connect Digest : 2009-05-16 : please vote!
Here are the items from this week that I feel deserve some attention. ====================Hotfixes / service packs should leave authentication mode aloneI may have talked about this issue here before,...
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Whither art thou, oh Microsoft support?
UPDATE - 2009-08-07 9:39 PM EDT - the SQL Server Release Services team has published a blog post that reflects largely what I've said below. However, many questions are still unanswered. For example,...
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How to really detect the version of SSMS you are running
Earlier this week, a hotfix was released that, among other thigns, addressed an issue where, if you restored a 2000 database from 2005 SSMS, it did not go well. The KB article ( KB #972687 ) says that...
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Installing Service Packs / Cumulative Updates on a SQL 2005 cluster
In our environment, we run the task scheduler as a cluster resource, so that scheduled tasks always run on the active node. (In ancient history, we would have scheduled tasks that weren't cluster aware...
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Connect digest : 2009-12-31
Like Hugo's immensely popular item pushing for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 , Steve Jones has created suggestions prompting new service packs for both 2005 and 2008: #522122 : Service Pack 4 for SQL...
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Bad habits to kick : using ancient copies of Books Online
In my last post in this series , I talked about inconsistent table aliasing. Today I was reminded of another behavior that DBAs and developers alike can be lazy about: keeping Books Online current....
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SQL Server 2005 SP4 is here!
Yes, the day has finally arrived, and a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. Typically when Microsoft promises a release in Qx or Hx, the software comes on the last or second last day of that quarter or...
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Downgrading a database : "You can't get there from here!"
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...
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is available!
Today Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2008. The build number is 10.00.5500. The announcement blog post from SQL Server Release Services team:...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is available
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...
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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is available - but there's a catch!
Service Pack 2 is available: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43340 The build number is 11.0.5058, and this includes fixes up to and including SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU #9. (The...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 is available!
Microsoft has released a final service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2: Service Pack 3. The build # is 10.50.6000.34 and you can download it here . This is essentially a rollup of all of the fixes from the...
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 4 is available!
Microsoft has released the final Service Pack (SP4) for SQL Server 2008. Build # 10.00.6000 KB Article: KB #2979596 ( Download ) 6 public fixes, including important security fixes from MS14-044...
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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 is available!
SQL Server has released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3. You can download here and see some other details here . Build number is 11.0.6020.0 37 fixes (see the full list in KB #3072779 ) SP3 includes...
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