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New Cumulative Update is available
A new CU (Build 3186) has been issued by Microsoft:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939537/Though unlike previous updates, this one is not readily available for public consumption. You must fill out a...
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Quick Update : New Cumulative Update has been released
Microsoft has released a new cumulative update (build 3200) for SQL Server 2005.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941450Adam has pointed out that the wording in the article is incorrect; it...
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A theory on how "TOP" is determined in "TOP SQL Server Downloads"
It's pretty simple, really. I think they prioritize the downloads they are proud of, instead of the ones that are most popular or that are most needed. When I went looking for SP2 for SQL Server 2005...
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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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Don't want to call CSS / PSS to get a cumulative update? You don't have to!
Bob Ward posted a blog entry today where he explains the process of getting a cumulative update for SQL Server 2005 without having to call Microsoft's support team (they are called CSS now but you may...
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SQL Server 2008 cumulative updates and hotfixes, oh my!
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...
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SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Update 1 is available
For those waiting for the first CU for SQL Server 2008, your wait is over. You can get it in KB #956717. The build # is 10.00.1763.00.As with SQL Server 2005, you can simply submit a request for the...
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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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Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2005 SP4
Well, much quicker than I would have suspected, the SQL Server Release Services team has incorporated all of the fixes in 2005 SP3's CU #12 into the first CU for SP4. Thanks to Chris Wood for the heads...
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On-Demand Hotfix for Availability Groups in SQL Server 2014
Last week, Microsoft released an on-demand hotfix for SQL Server 2014, which you shgould consider installing if you are using Availability Groups and any of the relevant databases use CLR user-defined...
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On-Demand Hotfix for Parallel Batch-Mode Deadlocks in SQL Server 2014
Today Microsoft released a critical, on-demand hotfix for customers using Columnstore indexes in SQL Server 2014. The hotfix addresses a scenario where a batch-mode scan that has gone parallel can...
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COD Hotfixes available for SQL Server 2014 (SSIS Unpivot and Clustered...
Microsoft has released a hotfix (12.0.2504) which includes two fixes. KB #2999809 : FIX: Poor performance when a query contains table joins in SQL Server 2014 - this actually has to do with segment...
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