Monthly Archives: February 2008

Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS) in SQL Server 2008

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Glenn Berry

The SQL Server Development Team at Microsoft has been doing some great work with Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS) in SQL Server 2008. The iFTS feature is available in the February CTP of SQL Server 2008. Simon Sabin, who is … Continue reading →

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Lots of Performance Benchmarks Released For SQL Server 2008

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Glenn Berry

As part of the hoopla around the big Heroes Happen Here launch in Los Angeles today, a number of impressive database benchmark results for SQL Server 2008 were released today. The Microsoft SQL Server Performance blog has details here. These … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Publishes Case Study About NewsGator and SQL Server 2008

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has just published an interesting case study about how NewsGator uses Microsoft technologies and products (such as SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, and .NET 3.5) to develop our products and run our high volume infrastructure. Related to this … Continue reading →

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MERGE Performance with February CTP of SQL Server 2008

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Glenn Berry

I have been doing some testing with the February CTP of SQL Server 2008 (aka Katmai), comparing the performance of the new TSQL MERGE command to the classic "Upsert" pattern of trying an UPDATE, checking the @@ROWCOUNT and then doing … Continue reading →

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More Defense of Windows Vista

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Robert McLaws has a good post up "The Vista Reality Distortion Field Continues" that talks about how fashionable it is to bash Vista among some tech writers and "journalists". As he notes, I also remember the shrill caterwauling that went … Continue reading →

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More Free Software From Microsoft

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Glenn Berry

If you attend one of the free, Heroes Happen Here events, you will get quite a bit of free software (not to mention lots of good information). Register at HeroesHappenHere) to attend a U.S. launch event and go home with … Continue reading →

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Six-Core Intel Dunnington Xeon Details Leaked By Sun

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Glenn Berry

DailyTech has a story up about the upcoming six core Dunnington Xeon CPU, which is a replacement for the fairly recent Tigerton Xeon CPU.  This new chip is pin and chipset compatible with the Tigerton Xeon, so it should work … Continue reading →

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Some Favorable Reviews of Vista SP1

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Paul Thurrott has a very positive review of Vista SP1 here. Lloyd Ketchum has a bit of a rant about all of the Vista naysayers here. As I have said before, I have had pretty good experience with Vista. I … Continue reading →

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Microsoft DreamSpark

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the DreamSpark program, where "verified students" at universities in eleven countries can download free copies of many Microsoft development tools and platforms, (such as Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition, Windows Server 2003 … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2005 SP2 Cumulative Update 6

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s Chris Williams has announced that CU6 is available for SQL Server 2005 SP2. This is good news, but right now, the online page that you use to request the CU is broken. Hopefully, Microsoft will get that fixed pretty … Continue reading →

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