SQL Server 2005 Adoption Survey Results
We recently ran a survey at SQLServerCentral.com and got over 600 responses. Here are the results and some commentary from Steve Jones
2008-03-28 (first published: 2007-03-28)
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Service Pack 2a
Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2005 has been updated to fix the maintenance plans issue.
2008-03-10 (first published: 2007-03-07)
11,967 reads
Don't Overdo It, SQL Server
With the release of SQL Server 2005, it is more of challenger to Oracle than ever before. Guru Haidong Ji takes a quick look at how these two products compare and gives a few words of wisdom for the next version of SQL Server.
2006-05-22
10,600 reads
SQL Server 2005 Books Online Update
Download an updated version of Books Online for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the primary documentation for SQL Server 2005. The April 2006 update to Books Online contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported by customers after SQL Server 2005 was released. Refer to "New and Updated Books Online Topics" for a list of topics that are new or updated in this version. Topics with significant updates have a Change History table at the bottom of the topic that summarizes the changes.
2006-05-04
3,226 reads
Exception Handling in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 brings us a number of enhancements, but the most important to T-SQL developers may be the changes to error and exception handling. The addition of the TRY CATCH structure is an important change and Raj Vasant brings us a look at this enhancement.
2006-02-02
23,154 reads
SQL Server 2005 Adoption Rates
How many people are getting ready to upgrade to SQL Server 2005? Why are they upgrading? Why not? Edgewood Solutions conducted a survey and the results are in. Read on for the executive overview and learn how to get a complete copy of the results.
2005-11-02
5,275 reads
Big SQL Server 2005 News
Confidential until the official release at 9:00am Pacific Time today. Check back after that time to get the big news!
2005-09-14
18,980 reads
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
It's now available!! Find out what's in there and where you can get it.
2005-05-09
21,839 reads
The CLR in SQL Server 2005
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.
2008-01-25 (first published: 2005-05-02)
143,105 reads
Inside SQL Server Development
After the announcement last week by Microsoft that there would be no Beta 3 for SQL Server 2005 and that the CTP process would take over, Steve Jones had the opportunity to interview Thomas Rizzo and Allan Ros from the SQL Server development team about the CTP process and testing the SQL Server builds.
2005-04-26
5,722 reads
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While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers