During a user group meeting one of the user asked that If we were to migrate our databases over to the evaluation edition of SQL Server 2005, is there a way of upgrading to the purchased (licensed) version (before the 180 day expires) without uninstalling or stopping the converted migrated running or production 2005 databases. The easy option is ...

The following pages were recently modified. Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition, SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition & SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Notification Contents: New and All Modifications FIX: The performance of a query that performs an insert operation or an update operation is much ...

The following pages were recently modified. Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition & SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition Notification Contents: New and Major Modifications The file name of Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is incorrectly associated ...

As per the KBA-BlogPost on Cumulative Update 4 for SQL 2005 SP2, Microsoft confirms that this cumulative update package will be released in the October 2007 timeframe. The information that is presented here is subject to change at any time before the release date without prior notice. If you need to refer for the list of builds after the release ...

Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition, SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition & SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Notification Contents: New and All Modifications Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 ...

Yet another information on cumulative update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 installations and make are note of the following: This cumulative update package will be released in August 2007. The information that is presented here is subject to change without prior notice at any time before cumulative update package 3 is released. Microsoft SQL ...