Sadly, THROW is not mentioned on the Programmability Enhancements (Database Engine) topic of Denali's ''What's New'' section.  So, unless you were at PASS or have been reading the various blogs from the keynotes and other Denali sessions, the presence of this keyword may be news to you.  I wanted to touch briefly on what THROW can do ...

Light helping this week.  I am busy closing out a few projects (or at least chapters within projects) in preparation for PASS next week. ======================================== #506453 : Lock escalation no longer kicks in for INSERTs in SQL Server 2008 Adam found a nasty lock escalation bug in SQL Server 2008.  This one ...