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I was happy to see that February CTP for SQL Server 2008 was ready to download for use, in coinciding with my presentation in SQLBits I wanted to work my demos on this CTP release, nothing worked out successfully!! It is fair that new release will help developers and DBAs to test their solutions and get familiar with the next CTP of SQL ...

SQL Server 2008 CTP5 is failed to install on Windows Server 2008 core, have no problem in Windows Server 2003. So whenever you have a problem in installing any edition of SQL Server it is better to refer to the log file that is used to log all the activities during the setup. In this case you will find more information by looking at ...

May 25 2007-  From the snippet of Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP I have raised a feedback form on Connect.Microsoft website to get newer version (SQL Server 2005) about Index Defragmentation Best practices information. Vote your interest to get newer documentation quickly for most of our benefit to attain the performance. Jan 04 2008 - ...

Here comes another instalment of SQL Server 2008 for the CTP fans.   The SQL Server 2008 November CTP has been released to the connect.microsoft.com website and is available for download here.  One of the improvements in this build is the ability to persist Lookup reference data and use non-OLEDB sources for ...

Here it is, next installment of SQL 2008 CTP which is July CTP of SQL Server 2008 is now available for download on the SQL Connect site (you need to have a passport login to download). There are few enhancements to the Reporting services, introduction of new date & time data types including the performance data colleciton. The ...

I have had the following discussion and feedback from SQL Development team in Microsoft about reporting bugs and issues for any future hotfix & SP releases during the SQLPASS conference in Seattle. There have been a number of questions about how to submit defect reports and suggestions for SQL Server.  The SQL Server team ...