SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 6<\/a>, which is Build 11.0.2401. This CU has 22 fixes listed in the public fix list, which is quite a bit fewer hotfixes than in the first five cumulative updates for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012. I take this as a sign that the SQL Server 2012 code base is becoming more stable, which is always a good thing.<\/p>\nThis cumulative update is only for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012<\/em><\/strong>. It will not install or work with SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 (or any other version or service pack level). The fixes in this cumulative update are not yet available in a cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1. You will have to wait about a month for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 CU3 to be released.<\/p>\nMicrosoft has the RTM and Service Pack 1 branches of SQL Server 2012 out of synch as far as cumulative update releases are concerned, with the RTM branch being \u201cahead\u201d of the Service Pack 1 branch. That means that if you have \u201cdone the right thing\u201d by moving to SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, you have to wait about a month to reach parity with the RTM branch. Microsoft did not have this issue for SQL Server 2005, 2008, or 2008 R2 (except for a slight delay right after a new service pack was released), and they are not currently planning on fixing this issue (as far as I have been able to determine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On February 18, 2013 Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 6, which is Build 11.0.2401. This CU has 22 fixes listed in the public fix list, which is quite a bit fewer hotfixes than in the first five cumulative updates for the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012. I take this as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21,31],"tags":[323,85,84],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sql-server-cumulative-updates","category-microsoft","category-sql-server-2012","tag-sql-server-2012","tag-sql-server-2012-rtm","tag-sql-server-2012-rtm-cu6"],"yoast_head":"\n
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