It has been a 'very busy' month sofar, in particular to Microsoft world and sub-domains of Windows Server, Virtual Server & SQL Server and you know why from here. Not a 'real' launch for SQL Server folks out there, but a concession to their grief that SQL 2008 CTP6 is available to...
Since the release of SQL Server 2008 (last 2 CTPs) users are anxiously awaiting for data compression feature, so how it is handled in this version and what it does, is it a good thing? Data compression enables you to store your data more effectively and reduce the storage requirements for your data....
SQL 2008 books online confirms the deprecated features that are not supported with the release of RTM, those few lists are as follows: SP_DBCMPTLEVEL is replaced with ALTER DATABASE .. SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL SP_HELPDEVICES is replaced with sys.backup_devices system table SP_RENAMEDB is replaced with...