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SQL Server 2005 SP3 now available for download

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SQL Server 2005 SP3 is now available for download and includes the following updates:

  • Roll-up of Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) updates completed since SQL Server 2005 SP2, as well as fixes to critical issues reported through the SQL Server community. Per revised servicing strategy for SQL Server releases, SP3 does not introduce major new features.
  • Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005 SP3 has been refreshed along with this release.
  • SP3 can be used to upgrade from any previous instance of SQL Server 2005
  • SP3 applies to:
    • SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
    • SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Evaluation Edition
    • SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
    • SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
    • SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

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Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:20 PM by Anthony Carrabino

Comments

Ella Maschiach's BI Blog said:

Wow, it's here! After the phase of SQL Server 2005 SP3 beta has ended, Microsoft has announced that

# December 16, 2008 2:44 AM

Not Only Result Ambition said:

SQL Server 2005 SP3がリリースされ、下の更新が含まれています。 SQL Server 2005 SP2から簡単に、コミュニティから報告された重大な問題の対策プログラムと同様のFixを当てることができます

# December 16, 2008 6:38 AM

Ward Pond's SQL Server blog said:

As discussed here , SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 is now available for download here . The following

# December 16, 2008 4:06 PM

mswinarski said:

I am not sure what is ment here: "For customers who will be upgrading from SQL Server 2005 SP2 CU#10 or SP2 CU#11, you will have to install the latest CU on SP3 after upgrading to SP3 release to get all the fixes."

I'm not finding a CU12 at this time. So if we are running the "latest CU" (CU11), and apply SP3, then do we need to re-apply CU11? Does this mean that not all of the CU's are in SP3, and no matter what we will need to apply the CU11 post SP3 install?

# December 18, 2008 11:13 AM

David Levin said:

SP3 adds a lot of fixes and improvements to MSSQL 2005. As a MSSQL and ColdFusion developer I've been looking forward to this. However I feel the explanation of whether we also need to implement the cumulative update for SP3 needs improvement as I was unable to determine if I needed to install it before SP3, after SP3, or not at all.

# June 2, 2009 1:12 PM
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