Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Installed SQL Server 2005 - Service Pack 2 CTP

We've just installed the CTP for Service Pack 2.
I'll be posting the nifty features I come across every now and then (check for updates on this post).
  • Drag & Drop scripts no longer asks for the connection for each and every one of the files (so the good old Query Analyzer behavior is back!)
  • They have implemented Kalen Delaney's request for adding an optional database_id parameter to the OBJECT_NAME function
  • The vardecimal functionality is nice too, the nifty part is that they have added stored procedures to estimate the space saved by using this option
  • They have updated the build number in the about box of SSMS (which they forgot in build 2153)
  • ...

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