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• Did You Know? Microsoft is/are Still Fixing Bugs On SQL Server 2005

  I taught a private class last week near Portland (Oregon) and although the company has a lot of SQL Servers, there was not much excitement at all about SQL Server 2008. They still have many SQL Server 2000 installations, and are debating whether to upgrade Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:45 AM by Kalen Delaney | 12 Comments Filed under: training, Upgrade, cumulative update packages

• Did You Know? The Best SQL Server 2005 Feature

  This post really should have a topic of "Pet Peeve" but I really didn't want to sound quite so negative. It seems like almost every time I see a clever solution in a newsgroup response, or in a blog post, about how to extract some very useful troubleshooting Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:44 PM by Kalen Delaney | 10 Comments Filed under: Upgrade, DMVs

• Did You Know? Nobody upgraded the SET OPTIONS screen in SQL Server Management Studio

  In SQL Server Management Studio, the screen where you choose which SET options to enable for all connections appears to be left over from SQL Server 2000. I know there are a lot of different dialog boxes available through the Tools | Options menu, but Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:16 PM by Kalen Delaney | 4 Comments Filed under: Upgrade, SET Options, Management Tools