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

Kalen Delaney — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT

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 those to 2005. Most of the interest was in the real value of the new 2005 features, like partitioning, and the new large object types, as well as interest in the new metadata, such as the DMVs.

They're trying to run a business, and keep their systems running well. They don't have a lot of time to get excited about features that are way in the future.

I can't believe that my client is the only organization that is very interested in the continued health of SQL Server 2005, but I was surprised to see no blog posts here on SQLBLOG about the latest Cumulative Update for SQL 2005.

Yesterday, Microsoft released CU#8 and you can read about it here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951217

So what are you waiting for?

~Kalen

Did You Know? Another Cumulative Update Package is Available

Kalen Delaney — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Yep, CU #7 was announced yesterday... see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949095 for details.

It is interested that MS says:

A supported cumulative update package is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems. This cumulative update package may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by any of these problems, we recommend that you wait for the next SQL Server 2005 service pack that contains the hotfixes in this cumulative update package.

So we're all waiting... just when will this next SQL Server Service Pack be available? When will it even be announced? Maybe any day now....

From the Microsoft MVP Summit, in beautiful downtown Seattle...

~Kalen

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

Did You Know? Another Cumulative Update Package is Available