Steve Jones continues with his look at how SQL Server 2005 differs from SQL Server 2000, this time tackling the differences from a developer perspective.   Read more...

What's going on with SQL Server? Quite a few problems with patches reported lately. Steve Jones comments on what he sees happening.   Read more...

We recently ran a survey at SQLServerCentral.com and got over 600 responses. Here are the results and some commentary from Steve Jones   Read more...

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 has been updated to fix the maintenance plans issue.   Read more...

Updated: Jan 2008. One of the big changes in SQL Server 2005 is the integration of the CLR into the relational engine itself. This is probably the biggest reason for the delays in completing the product and it is a controversial decision. Steve Jones spends a few minutes looking at the pros and cons of having the CLR integrated and possible implications for DBAs.   Read more...

SQL Server 2008 is well on its way to being complete and released with the release of the second CTP recently. There aren't a tremendous number of changes, but one of the more interesting ones is the changes to date and time handling in this new platform. The time and date datatypes have been separated and longtime SQL Server author Vincent Rainardi brings us a short look at how there can be used.  Read more...

SQL Server 2008 (code named Katmai) is scheduled to launch in February of next year, and the code isn't slated to be released to manufacturing until Q2 2008. But database gurus don't have to wait to get a sense of what's to come because Microsoft recently released SQL Server 2008 to the community for preview.  Read more...

SQL Server 2008, code named Katmai, has some very interesting additions to the SQL Server platform to make your development tasks easier. One of these is passing a table variable as a parameter to a stored procedure and regular columnist Jacob Sebastian shows us how.   Read more...

SQL Server 20008 will be released approximately February of 2008, along with a new version of Visual Studio and Windows. This article will highlight some of the new features and benefits found in SQL Server 2008.  Read more...

The second CTP for Katmai has been released and is available for download.   Read more...

Yesterday at it's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced the launch date for SQL Server 2008 along with Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.   Read more...

Next Tuesday, support for SQL Server 2000 servers on Service Pack 3a ends, so be sure you are moving to SP4.   Read more...

With the next version of SQL Server due to release in 2008, Steve Jones takes a look of some of the more interesting features available in the June 2007 CTP and that should be ready for release next year.   Read more...

Steve Jones continues with his look at how SQL Server 2005 differs from SQL Server 2000, this time tackling the differences from a developer perspective.   Read more...

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend all SQL Server administrators check out the post from Microsoft detailing the post-SP2 fixes.   Read more...

What's going on with SQL Server? Quite a few problems with patches reported lately. Steve Jones comments on what he sees happening.   Read more...

We recently ran a survey at SQLServerCentral.com and got over 600 responses. Here are the results and some commentary from Steve Jones   Read more...

Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 has been updated to fix the maintenance plans issue.   Read more...

64-bit SQL Server is coming!! Are you ready for this new technology? Chances are most of you are like us in that you've never had a 64-bit machine around and you likely don't remember the transition from 16-bit to 32-bit. Do you even want to make the transition? Is it worth it? New author Robert Pearl brings us a first look at how the 64-bit version of SQL Server will differ from the 32-bit version.   Read more...

Everyone wants to get ahead of the curve with SQL Server 2005, but many people don't have the time or desire to dig through a Google search. Steve Jones has gotten quite a few requests for resources, so here is a compiled list of some places that might help you get started.   Read more...

Steve Jones continues with his look at how SQL Server 2005 differs from SQL Server 2000, this time tackling the differences from a developer perspective.   Read more...

SQL Server 2008, code named Katmai, has some very interesting additions to the SQL Server platform to make your development tasks easier. One of these is passing a table variable as a parameter to a stored procedure and regular columnist Jacob Sebastian shows us how.   Read more...

Yesterday at it's Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced the launch date for SQL Server 2008 along with Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.   Read more...