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A non-yielding issue may cause a database mirroring failover in SQL Server 2005 and in SQL Server 2008.
FIX: Data loss may occur if the database mirroring thread stops responding for a long time during an automatic failover process in SQL Server 2005 or in SQL Server 2008.
Cumulative update package 9 for SQL Server 2008.
High CPU utilization may occur with your queries on SQL Server 2005 and SQL Sever 2008 servers compared to SQL Server 2000.
OS Errors 1450 and 665 are reported for database data files.
Log Reader Agent reports “The process could not execute 'sp_replcmds' on '%s'” on a partitioned table with more than 92 partitions.
Error code when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates: "0x737D".
FIX: Even though the Distribution Agent successfully reapplies a batch of failed commands, you still receive error message 20046 that indicates that the Distribution Agent failed in a SQL Server 2005 transactional replication.
FIX: The -R parameter is ignored when you use the BCP.exe utility together with the -R parameter and the -F parameter in SQL Server 2005.
FIX: An access violation occurs when you run the SET FMTONLY statement to set the value of the FMTONLY option to ON and the SQL Server 2005 server is under memory pressure.
FIX: Error message when you run a query that uses a common table expression to shred XML data in SQL Server 2005: "Internal Query Processor Error: The query processor could not produce a query plan".
FIX: Assertion failures occur in SQL Server 2005 when a Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) transaction is rolled back while that transaction is being commited by the DTC.
FIX: An access violation occurs when you run a query on a table that has a partitioned nonclustered index in SQL Server 2005.
FIX: Error message when you add a subscription to a republisher that is in a merge publication in SQL Server 2005: “Cannot create the subscription because the subscription already exists in the subscription database”.
FIX: An insert operation for a temporary table that has a foreigh key constraint fails when the execution plan for the INSERT statement contains a merge join operation in SQL Server 2005.

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Scottish Area SQL Server User Group - Jammin SQL Server 2008

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Jammin' SQL Server 2008
By now you may have all seen the road shows and talks about SQL Server 2008, in this anarchic meet where Martin Bell, Rob Carrol and Satya Shyam K Jayanty will all chip in to demo and talk about the new features of SQL Server 2008, and discuss what they like about them, what the pro and cons are and potential pitfalls. If you want to see anything specific email me and we'll try to include it. What you are not going to see is any PowerPoint so bring a pen and paper.

Rob Carrol
Rob Carrol has been working with SQL Server since 1999 when he started out his career as a web developer using ASP/.NET, ColdFusion and SQL Server. Since then he has continued to work with SQL Server in a DBA and consultancy capacity, specializing in performance tuning and database troubleshooting. He joined Microsoft in April 2008 as a SQL Server Premier Field Engineer, working with some of Microsoft’s largest clients in the UK and Europe. Rob lives in South Ayrshire, Scotland and I am married with 2 daughters. When he’s not working with SQL Server you’ll usually find him playing Xbox or thinking about football or golf !

Satya Shyam K Jayanty
Satya is an Independent Database expert, with over 16 years of experience in application designing, developing and managing database technologies using industry famous technologies & software. He has been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 (1996) and an active member & moderator in Technet, MSDN, SQL-Server-Performance.com forums/websites and also writes for http://www.sql-server-performance.com website. A regular speaker and volunteer (Ask The Experts) at SQL Server events such as SQLPASS, Tech-ed etc. he was first made a SQL Server MVP in 2006. He manages the website http://www.sqlserver-qa.net.

Martin Bell
Martin Bell has been a freelance computer consultant in the UK for over 23 years. He has worked on many relational database systems and since the 1998 has specialized in SQL Server. He was first awarded Microsoft MVP (SQL Server) status in June 2003. Martin organises the Leeds and Scottish Area SQL Server User Group meetings and is one of the founding members of the SQLBits organising committee.

Agenda
18:30 – 19:00 – Introduction, Networking and Food

19:00 – 21:00 – Jammin’ SQL Server 2008

Location:

Microsoft Office at Waverley Gate

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/map-edinburgh.mspx

Registration will be necessary as I have to submit registrations to Microsoft on Thurday morning.

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8 Oct 2009 EDINBURGH Evening Meeting (11 registered) SQL Server Performance Analysis Tools and Powershell	1 Oct 2009 LEEDS Evening Meeting (10 registered) SQL Server Reporting Services and Analysis Services with Chris Testa-O'Neill
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Manchester SQL Server content being finalised and should appear on SQLFAQ at the weekend. dates will be added to each event soon after