Just woke up ready to celebrate my birthday (do not try to ask a woman how old she is :-P) and discovered the CTP version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. Hum, well, I will check it out but definitely not today I am afraid as...

If you recently found yourself in installing latest SQL Server 2005 Security Update (you did installed it right?): Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-004 – Important http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-004.mspx ..and had...

So - today I've been made this question. "I have a DB, AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS option OFF (very bad idea, anyway :-)), I rebuild my indexes every week. I do not have major changes in my database. As update statistics with fullscan is a side effect...

For your joy (and especially for the joy of my customer :)) yesterday Microsoft has released a new Security Bulletin for SQL Server: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-004 – Important http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-004...

There isn't much information around ( other than the readme for service packs ) on which are the best practices on installing Service Packs, Cumulative Updates, Hotfixes on SQL Server installation. ...well till today really :-) This is nothing...