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Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate Announcement

Published 6 December 7 12:32 PM | SSQA.net

Windows Vista SP1 RC is released on 05th December to the Beta Testers on the Microsoft-Connect and on 06th December it is available via MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Few things if you want to know about Vista SP1 RC refer to the following notes from Microsoft...

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How to get a list of SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after Service Pack 2 was released?

Published 23 November 7 8:51 AM | SSQA.net

Since the release of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, Microsoft development team has released various builds that are classed as Cumulative Updates. Also we blogged on this site - CumulativeUpdate4 & http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/tools/archive/2007...

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How to find whether that service pack file is a 32 bit or 64 bit?

Published 1 November 7 6:44 AM | SSQA.net

Whenever a service pack is released it will be available for 32-bit and 64-bit that also includes for SQL Express 2005 edition too, as it was for MSDE earlier. Since last year (I think) Microsoft Development team has adopted a standard in naming schema...

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Best practices for Data Importing using SQL Server native methods

Published 26 October 7 6:8 PM | SSQA.net

Ever wondered SQL Server Data Importing Do's and Don'ts, with a set of best practices. Import of data is a common task in any database platform and when it becomes regular you have to take care lot of incompatibilities. In particular SQL Server...

Filed under: sql server, data, best practices, import, testing, source, export, live data