A few days ago, I warned you about issues between SP1 for SQL Server 2008 and CU4 here . Microsoft has been working very quick and we already have CU1 for SQL Server 2008 SP1; more information here . This means that all the hotfixes included until SQL Server 2008 CU4, can be applied for SP1. Detailed information on this matter can be found in Aaron Beltrand’s blog

SQL Server 2008 has been released a few days ago; you can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19 . Please read the release notes ( http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147331 ). this is the list of SP1 fixes ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968369/ ). Aditionally, you should pay attention that some fixes included in SQL Server 2008 CU4, are not included in SP1, ( http://blogs.msdn.com:80/psssql/archive/2009

Hi, here is the presentation and demos I used last Tuesday in TechDays 2009; the presentation was in Spanish; however, TSQL and VB are woldwide recognized languages :) than you for attending :) Presentation (pptx) Windows Application Scripts TSQL Scripts SQL CLR Scripts Note: the Live Meeting recording will be available soon; I'll post the LM url when is available.

For me was a pleasure to co-present those two sessions with my friend Javier Loria last week at DevWeek – London. you can download the presentations from those links: SQL Server 2008 Partitioning Techniques: Presentation (pptx) Demo Scripts SQL Server 2008: What to do, what not to do: Presentation (pptx) Demo Scripts Thank you all for attending, and I hope to see you before Devweek 2010 :)

Microsoft has just released the Cumulative Update #1 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3; this CU is specially compiled for customers that had SQL Server 2005 SP2 with CU10 or CU11; if you’re not in this case, you should avoid installing this CU; More info at Microsoft SQL Server Release Services ( http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2008/12/20/cumulative-update-1-for-sql-server-2005-service-pack-3.aspx )

  just a quick note: http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmac/archive/2008/12/16/sql-server-2005-service-pack-3-released-to-web.aspx SQL Server 2005 SP3 contains the hotfixes that were included in cumulative update packages for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 from cumulative update package 1 to cumulative update package 9. For more information about the cumulative update packages for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 937137

  From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630354.aspx : SQL Server Extended Events (Extended Events) is a general event-handling system for server systems. The Extended Events infrastructure supports the correlation of data from SQL Server, and under certain conditions, the correlation of data from the operating system and database applications. In the latter case, Extended Events output must be directed to Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) in order to correlate the event data with operating

My friend José Miguel Torres has just published a brand new ebook on SQL Server Compact Edition; if you are a guy that is doing mobile devices development this book is a must; unfortunatelly the ebook is only available in Spanish. This is the reference to the news: http://geeks.ms/blogs/jmtorres/archive/2008/09/16/sql-server-compact-edition-buenas-pr-225-cticas.aspx You can by the book from here: http://www.solidq.com/ib/Press.aspx By the way, if there are many English speaking developers interested

Just a note before going further: I am going to maintain my blog in Spanish and English: The English version will be hosted at msmvps.com ( http://msmvps.com/blogs/eladio_rincon ) The Spanish version will be hosted at Solid Quality Mentors blog -- El Rincón del DBA ( http://blogs.solidq.com/ES/ElRinconDelDBA) . Frequently, as a trainer and consultant I have to face in our clients the benefits that customers can get implementing DRI in their systems. I usually get different arguments such us: If I

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