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August 2008 - Posts
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As of today there is at least one hotfix available for SQL Server 2008, and it involves Itzik Ben-Gan's reported foreign key validation problem with the new MERGE command. You can read about the bug here: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQL/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=357419 Read More...
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Paul Randal just published a list of tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of using FileStream. The list is based on a longer whitepaper he wrote for Microsoft, which should be published before PASS in November. http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/2008/08/25/HighperformanceFILESTREAMTipsAndTricks.aspx Read More...
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A few days ago I posted a list of Management Studio issues I hope they will add or fix for the next version of SQL Server (or sooner). Comments there and elsewhere, as well as some afterthoughts, have led me to publish an addendum. Again I will present Read More...
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Microsoft quietly released CU #9 (build 9.00.3282) yesterday; it contains a few dozen fixes, including a nasty AV involving UNION queries, documented in KB #956006 . You can read about / obtain the cumulative update at the following KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953752 Read More...
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Inspired both directly and indirectly by fellow MVP Erland Sommarskog, whose programming wishlist I talked about the other day , I have decided to compile a list of my own wish list items, in the same spirit of, "it's never too early." This list is restricted Read More...
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SQL Server 2008 is out, and I'm sure you are either learning about or already enjoying some of the new features. And while the dev team probably doesn't wholeheartedly agree with me at this very moment, I think that it can never be too early to start Read More...
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Sorry I missed this yesterday with all the excitement over the Visual Studio SP1 release (which allowed some people to finally install the SQL Server 2008 release from last week). Yesterday also marked the release of SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, which Read More...
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Now that you can get Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM, you probably want to rush out and install it. I would hold off on that until you read Bob Ward's blog entry, which explains the situation, and should help clear up some confusion on whether you need to Read More...
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No, this is not about a new extra value meal from your favorite fast food restaurant. In order to accommodate different requirements and download sizes, a new edition of Express will be offered alongside Express with Advanced Services, about a month after Read More...
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According to a few sources (e.g. Gail Shaw and Brian Randell ), Microsoft announced today at TechEd South Africa that SQL Server 2008 has RTM'd. For those that aren't aware, this just means that the code has been signed off, not that it is being placed Read More...
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You may have heard rumblings at a conference or user group meeting about a new SKU of SQL Server that will be shipping soon: Web Edition. But what is it, exactly? Some information on this edition has recently been released by Ireland Licensing , and I Read More...
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