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Rilasciato il Cumulative Update #6 for SQL Server 2008 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977443/en-us

Dopo l’installazione della Cumulative Update, la versione di SQL Server 2008 sarà la 10.00.2757.

Rilasciata la Cumulative Update #9 for SQL Server 2008 RTM:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977444/en-us

Dopo l’installazione della Cumulative Update, la versione di SQL Server 2008 sarà la 10.00.1828.

E’ stato annunciato oggi in modo ufficiale che SQL Server 2008 R2 sarà disponibile nei listini a partire da Maggio 2010:

http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/01/19/sql-server-2008-r2-gets-an-official-date.aspx

Un ottimo articolo pubblicato su Simple Talk che entra nel dettaglio delle statistiche di distribuzione dei dati usate da SQL Server per la generazione dei piani di esecuzione:

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/13-things-you-should-know-about-statistics-and-the-query-optimizer/

Strumento per la creazione visuale di Report.

http://pebblereports.com/

Free, molto semplice da usare e con un ampio set di features:

- Tables, charts and crosstabs - Multiple sheets per report - Multiple data sources per report - Display table and chart side-by-side with same data - Conditional formatting without writing code - Full-featured graphical Query Builder; supports SQL Server and Oracle - Query builder supports editing join condition; supports building Where clause - Work directly on data (no “layout mode”) - Slice and dice data to discover trends - Drill down to see more detail - PDF, XLS and MHTML export - MHTML export compatible with Outlook and Microsoft Word - Email formatted reports as in-line HTML (as opposed to attachment) via Outlook or SMTP - On-report interactive sorting - Parameter prompting - Embed data in report, with ability to filter embedded data - Top N filter - Build complex filters with And/Or conditions - Apply style sheet - Expand All / Collapse All - Banded rows - Compact, stepped and block style display of row group headers - 16 different chart types - Charts consistent with Edward Tufte and Stephen Few principles - Performance and scalability that rivals some server-based reporting products - Calculated fields - Data displayed in controls (as opposed to paginated document) for quick browsing - Deploy report to Report Server directly - Save as RDL

Tool free per la visualizzazione dei Job di SQL Server che offre feature aggiuntive rispetto al tool nativo:

• Failures
• Long-running jobs
• Multiple jobs running simultaneously
• Zoomable rows and columns
• Predefined filters and sorts
• Tooltips for job runs, showing job name, start and end time, duration, etc.
• Colour bars to indicate job-run clashes

http://www.sqlsoft.co.uk/sqljobvis.php

Rilasciata la Cumulative Update 17 di SQL Server 2005 SP2:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976952/en-us

Dopo l’installazione della Cumulative Update, la versione di SQL Server 2005 sarà la 9.00.3356.