SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

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re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

David Thielen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:41:04 GMT

You say "downlaod the bits here" but there is no link. Where's the download?

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Rob Ralston — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:13:45 GMT

If SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 **CTP** has been installed, what is the recommendation now that SP1 is released? Should the SP1 CTP be uninstalled so the released version can be installed, or are the CTP and actual release the same build?

I have reviewed the release notes and readme files without finding any guidance on this.

Thank you.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Aaron Bertrand — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:59:50 GMT

Yes, that is part of it, but given the confusion this has caused in the market ("What is wrong with this thing? Why can't I apply SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 to my SQL Server 2008 R2 instance?") I think it has been proven that that reasoning does not warrant the actual outcome. I pray that they don't make such a mistake again.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Eralper — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:10:50 GMT

I think they added R2 after a group of products like SQL Server 2008 since the new version did not change a lot the core application. SQL2008R2 actually had enhancements related with BI tools, etc not the server engine itself. Am I wrong?

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Aaron Bertrand — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:20:31 GMT

R2 was a really poor name. I see people almost *daily* thinking that 2008 and 2008 R2 are the same version. I've even seen a customer ask, "you want me to pay HOW MUCH to upgrade to a SERVICE PACK?" when contemplating an R2 migration. I'm hoping that Microsoft's marketing department has learned from this mistake, but my hope is probably ill-conceived.

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Justin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:37:00 GMT

@Jon: They have always referred to service packs using the 'SP' abbreviation... Were they supposed to come up with a different name for them simply because the name of the product ends in 'R2'?

re: SQL Server Code Name “Denali” CTP3 and SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 are HERE!

Jon — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:04:30 GMT

"SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1" I swear, everything I think Microsoft has peaked in terms of awful, unintelligible naming schemes for it products, you guys manage to top yourselves. Kudos!