Very early this morning, Microsoft released four updates: one for SQL Server 2005 SP3, one for SQL Server 2005 SP4, one for SQL Server 2008 SP1, and one for SQL Server 2008 SP2. Cumulative Update KB Article Build Number Number of Fixes SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #15 KB #2507766 9.00.4325 6 SQL ...

Early this morning (or late last night, depending on your time zone), the SQL Server Release Services team pushed out three new cumulative updates for SQL Server.KB #2489375 - SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU #14 (9.00.4317) KB #2489409 - SQL Server 2005 SP4 CU #2 (9.00.5259) KB #2489376 - SQL Server 2008 R2 CU #6 (10.50.1765)There are a lot more fixes in ...

After releasing SQL Server 2005 SP4 on Friday (you can read more about it here), the release services team did not hang up their hats for the Christmas holiday, but continued working on other releases. KB #2438344 : Cumulative update package 13 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3This brings your SQL Server 2005 SP3 build number to 9.00.4315 KB ...

Today Microsoft has released two updates for SQL Server.  Listed below are the two updates, the blog posts from the SQL Server Release Services team, and the KB articles where you can read about the fixes and request downloads. SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #12 ...

On Monday, Microsoft released two cumulative updates for SQL Server:KB #983329 : CU #10 for SQL Server 2005 SP3 (build # = 9.00.4305)KB #2072493 : CU #2 for SQL Server 2008 R2 (build # = 10.50.1720)Missing is an update for SQL Server 2008 SP1.  It seems the SQL Server Release Services team has changed the schedule up a bit, as previously they ...

Last week Microsoft snuck in some updates for the SQL Server 2005 product line.  Cumulative Update #7 for Service Pack 3 brings you to build # 9.00.4273, while Cumulative Update #17 for Service Pack 2 brings you to 9.00.3356.  The only fix for the latter involves MDX queries, so if you aren't using Analysis Services, you aren't getting ...

So recently I have been charged with updating several SQL Server 2005 clusters from SP2 + GDR to SP3.  My experiences have been relatively good but the past few have been downright horrible.  I have come across two pretty serious issues, and I am not sure which issue is worse, so I am just going to present them to you in arbitrary ...

I recently posted about the availability of SQL Server 2005 SP3.  I have a bit more information about cumulative updates and the service pack, for those of you who might be confused about the whole mess involving CU#10, CU#11, post-SP3 CU#1, and are wondering whether you need to install some pre-SP3 CUs and then SP3, or SP3 and then the ...