SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Update 8 now available

CU8 is now available for SQL Server 2008 R2. You will find it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2534352/en-us

It includes the following fixes:

VSTS bug number KB article number Description
726734 2522893 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522893/ ) FIX: A backup operation on a SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 database fails if you enable change tracking on this database
730658 2525665 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525665/ ) FIX: SQL Server 2008 BIDS stops responding when you stop debugging a SSIS 2008 or a SSIS 2008 R2 package
639374 2525665 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525665/ ) FIX: SQL Server 2008 BIDS stops responding when you stop debugging a SSIS 2008 or a SSIS 2008 R2 package
701471 2530913 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2530913/ ) FIX: “Error: 17066” occurs when you create a partitioned nonclustered index in SQL Server 2008 R2 if a parallel execution plan is used
708511 2535660 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2535660/ ) FIX: Role membership is synchronized even if the SynchronizeSecurity element is set to the SkipMembership value in SSAS 2008 or in SSAS 2008 R2
711297 2537467 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2537467/ ) FIX: You cannot use SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) to transfer data from a table in SQL Server 2008 or in SQL Server 2008 R2
713677 2539098 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2539098/ ) FIX: “Runtime error: the property DBPROP_MSMD_UPDATE_ISOLATION_LEVEL cannot be found” error when an application tries to create a connection to SSAS 2008 R2
702342 2539378 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2539378/ ) FIX: Replmerg.exe crashes when it enumerates changes to a statement in SQL Server if the stored procedure contains more than 4,000 characters
720633 2545989 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545989/ ) FIX: “A time-out occurred while waiting for buffer latch” error when many transactions concurrently update a database in SQL Server 2008 R2 if the database uses the snapshot isolation level
721958 2547017 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2547017/ ) FIX: Instances of DAX functions that have no names incorrectly appear when you add a calculated member to a report that uses an SSAS 2008 R2 database as a data source
737837 2559662 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2559662/ ) FIX: Slow performance when you render a report that returns a long string of text in SSRS 2008 R2 if the text contains no carriage return characters
738049 2562753 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2562753/ ) FIX: Slow performance when an MDX query uses unary operators on parent/child hierarchy members in SSAS 2008 R2 if you define a scope calculation on these members and if the query accesses multiple dates in a time dimension
722165 2563216 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2563216/ ) FIX: Dynamic image does not work in a page header or footer in SSRS 2008 R2 if the value expression uses the Global!PageNumber variable
704879 2563924 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2563924/ ) FIX: “The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) protocol stream is incorrect” error when the SQLPutData function inserts the SQL_NULL_DATA value in a TVP in SQL Server 2008 R2

2011-06-21