SQL Server Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest SQL Server Jobs and Info http://www.sqlserverreporter.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:01:48 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/logo.jpg http://www.sqlserverreporter.com Feed provided by SQL Server Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest SQL Server Jobs and Info. http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3562 Do the release notes really ever contain anything that can help you with your deployment of a product? Well in the case of SQL Server 2008, the answer is YES. Here are the following benefits for using the Releases Notes which can be found at the following direct link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/e/49eeb41a-a769-4...(truncated)... ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3558 The string '100,200,300' has fooled many a customer and support engineer alike. select cast('100,200,300' as bigint) Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1 Error converting data type varchar to bigint. One might argue that this is a bigint value.  However, the T-SQL parser does not allow comma separators in a bigint conversion so you get the proceeding error. So why would IsNumeric return a 1 for the value.   The simple answer is a money value. ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3550 Ok so not everything for SQL Server 2008 is available yet, Report Builder is going to have a lag, you can find RC 1 here. This should work with RTM SQL 2008. Here are some of the changes from the last RC;Easy to use wizards for creating table, matrix and chart data regions. Support for directly opening and editing reports stored on the report server.Support for using server resources such as shared data sources. A query designer for Microsoft SQL Server data sources. ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3551 Get it here.That should not be all the pieces of SQL Server 2008 available.[Image] Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3552 We've completed the work on the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) "Management Pack" for SQL Server 2008. MOM allows you to monitor and manage Microsoft and even other vendor's servers, so if you have this software in your shop you can download...(read more)[Image] Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3553 [Image]Report Builder 2.0 RC1 is now available on Microsoft Download Center. Use this link for download. RC1 delivers improvements in the following areas compared to RC0:Easy to use wizards for creating table, matrix and chart data regions. Support for directly opening and editing reports stored on the report server.Support for using server resources such as shared data sources.A query designer for Microsoft SQL Server data sources.Enhancements to the Report Builder 2.0 ribbon. ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3542 There is an extra step that you need to take when upgrading from one edition of SQL Server 2008 to another, for example when upgrading from Express to Express with Tools. This extra step is called Edition Upgrade (sometimes SKU Upgrade) and the net result is that you have to run the install wizard twice when upgrading an existing instance to a different edition. ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3543 
 
I first posted an update to sp_helpindex here.
My version of sp_helpindex was solely to expand what sp_helpindex showed and adds
1 or 2 things based on version: for SQL2005+ it adds included columns and for SQL2008
it also adds the filter predicate. So, there were two versions of sp_helpindex2 depending
on which verison you're using. ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3544 
 
 
 YES!!!
 
 
 
OK, well, I guess I should be more specific because as in most things in SQL Server,
the real answer is "it depends". And for these two options, it depends mostly on your
SQL Server version. Since SQL Server 7.0, the way that auto update works, has changed
(much so for the better!!). ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.sqlserverreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=3545 
 
OK, so SQL Server 2008 came out *BEFORE* Visual Studio SP1 but VSSP1 was required (this
was a bit annoying and created a lot of confusion/emails/newsgroup posts, etc.) but
luckily VSSP1 came out only a couple of days after SQL Server 2008 RTM'ed. As for
Data Dude, well, it's not RTM'ing until later this year (I think there will be one
more release - probably an RC0 - before RTM) but they've been pushing out various
CTPs... ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500