Microsoft has released a second free service pack for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application. SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 — a large, recommended bundle of tweaks — aims to make the ...

Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, including fully supported database mirroring, bug fixes, and add-ons for SQL Express. What's more, SP1 not only contains bug fixes, but also delivers ...

Microsoft on Friday posted Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2000, the first service pack update for the company's flagship database server since early 2003. The major new feature of the service pack is ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft released on March 15 the first CTP (Community ...

Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is now available via free download to current SQL Server 2008 customers. According to the company, SP1 for SQL Server 2008 is primarily a ...

I can confirm that SQL 2005 SP3 is build number 9.0.4035<BR><BR>9.00.1399 is RTM<BR><BR>I have never seen problems such as this. Who ran the SP updates on the server? Did the update fail ungracefully ...

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was announced on Wednesday, about two years after the release of SP2. SP3 is a cumulative update, which means that it'll upgrade "all editions and service levels ...

In this third in a series on working smarter with T-SQL, let's give the built-in sp_executesql stored proc a go. In my previous posts, I've described some methods for generating and executing T-SQL ...

Microsoft provided "performance, scalability and diagnostics improvements" in this week's release of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The company's announcement of the release comes about two ...

Microsoft has released a second free service pack for its popular SQL Server 2005 database application. SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2--a large, recommended bundle of tweaks--aims to make the database ...