June 2008 Entries
Microsoft last week rolled out the first Release Candidate of SQL Server 2008. The RC0 bits are available for public download here. I have been playing with SQL 2008 RC0 for a few days already, and I would like to share my experience in this quick blog post. First of all, I have to warn you that my RC0 installation experience was not pleasant at all. If you are an early adopter of new releases like me, you will very likely run into the same troubles I had. Previous CTP releases of SQL Server 2008...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta was released a few weeks ago. If the installation on your computer failed with a "fatal error" message in the summary dialog, you may want to check to see if the KB944899 for VS 2008 was already installed. This patch was released by Microsoft as a hotfix roll-up to solve a number of slow response issues with VS 2008 and VWD 2008. The error message is not displayed immediately after you start the installation. Instead, it is displayed at the end of the 20-minute installation...