SQL Server 2008 CTP5 VHD Now Available
Lazy developer that I am, I just hate running installers to set up VHDs for the SQL Server 2008 CTPs. So I was overjoyed when Microsoft did the work for me and released a pre-installed VHD image for...
View ArticleIn case you don't read our Roller... Breaking news on RTM release date
And I quote... final Release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server 2008 expected in Q3.Thanks to Jason Massie for the pointer (via our Roller, of course!)
View ArticleSQL Server 2008: Return of the Debugger
A lot of people will be interested to know that at the launch event in LA it was announced that the T-SQL debugger is returning to Management Studio in SQL Server 2008. Personally, this is not a...
View ArticleSpeaking Season About to Begin: MCM, Roadshow, PASS, and SQLCLR Precon at...
Fall is now in full swing, and after a relatively quiet several months my speaking schedule is about to jump into fairly-packed mode. Following is a list of where I'll be headed over the next couple...
View Article[New England] Kalen Delaney Internals and Query Tuning - in the Boston area...
In case you missed Kalen's post , we're excited to announce that she will be joining us here on the East Coast in October to deliver her SQL Server 2005/2008 Internals and Query Tuning seminar. This...
View ArticleDr. OUTPUT or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the MERGE
It would be fair to say that there aren't a huge number of programmability features added to SQL Server 2008 that will have a great impact on most of our day-to-day lives as SQL Server developers. The...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008: Lock Escalation, INSERTs, and a Potential Bug
Lock escalation is a funny thing. I've found myself on numerous occasions waging war against its concurrency-sapping existence, and rarely have I found myself wishing that it would work more...
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