Microsoft on Thursday released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for SQL Server 2008. The new service pack arrives about one year after the release of Service Pack 2. SP3 contains a lot of fixes to the earlier ...

New BI and reporting features in SQL Server 2008 R2 hit the mark, but other additions leave SQL Server shops wanting more With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its ...

I have taught several classes on the new features of SQL Server 2008, made a Web Seminar and written a Whitepaper on the subject. I have also attended the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle where there were ...

Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing just 20 months after SQL Server 2008, the platform on which it is built. SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed Kilimanjaro) ...

SQL Server 2008 has grabbed the headlines but Microsoft has improved SSIS 2008, too. Many new features of SQL Server 2008 have grabbed the headlines in the past year or so but quietly Microsoft has ...

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One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

Evan Doty is a senior field solution architect at CDW focused on hybrid cloud and Microsoft Azure. His areas of expertise include LAN and WAN network design and implementation, Windows system ...

Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008 Your email has been sent Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option ...