Its nearly 90 days from SQL Server 2008 November CTP and as per the CTP release cycle (90 days) the next instalment of SQL 2008 may be ready by end of this month. I feel that may be the last one before the RTM or as per the communication from Microsoft product development team feedback, but looking at...
SQL Server 2008 CTP5 is failed to install on Windows Server 2008 core, have no problem in Windows Server 2003. So whenever you have a problem in installing any edition of SQL Server it is better to refer to the log file that is used to log all the activities during the setup. In this case you will find...
Since the release of SQL Server 2008 CTP most of the blogs are filled with 'whats new' feature within this release or going to create a highlight as compared to SQL 2005. The best of all those blogs I would recommend (thanks to) Bob Beauchemin in SQLSkills for the extensive list & useful...
As you may be aware SQL Server installation (70 & 2000) will automatically install the sample databases pubs and northwind, if you aren't using them or not a training institute then simply drop them. Whereas this behaviour is changed in SQL Server 2005 as the Northwind and pubs sample databases...