Category: SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 is now available for download. What’s included in this service pack: SQL Server Utility. After you apply SP2, an instance of the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine can be enrolled with a utility control point as a managed instance of SQL Server. For more information, see Overview of SQL Server Utility in SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online. Data-tier Application (DAC). Instances of the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine support all DAC operations after SP2 has been applied. You can deploy, upgrade, register, extract, and delete DACs. SP2 does not upgrade the SQL…

Have you ever wished you could have Intellisense when writing queries in Visual Studio's Server Explorer, SQL Server's Query Analyzer, or SQL Server 2005's Management Studio? Well, now you can! red-gate is currently offering their SQL Prompt product for free until September 1st, 2006.SQL Prompt gives you the power of Intellisense for SQL. Here are a list of features:Table/View name completionColumn name completionStored procedure name completionUSE completionJOIN/JOIN ON completionAuto-uppercasing of keywordsAuto-popup after keywords This utility is a great time saver. Get it while it's free!