Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.
The company last released a CTP of SQL Server 2008, codenamed "Katmai," at the end of July (click here to read more), meaning it was targeting a new release by the end of this month. It now appears like the next CTP will be available in late October or potentially early November.
With the performance and syntax issues resolved, Jones was quite emphatic that the T-SQL and Intellisense features would show up in the next CTP. "This thing is going to be in there," he told attendees. "You can hunt me down if it gets cut."
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