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we just saw that sql 2005 version on this server is still RTM.. <br />
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we are upgrading to SP4 right away..<br />
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I am sure we missing new benefits/syntax etc.. but were there dangers or problems we encountered even without realizing?<br />
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what is the worst that could have happened all these years that this was on RTM.. and that we did not realize?
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we just saw that sql 2005 version on this server is still RTM.. 

we are upgrading to SP4 right away..

I am sure we missing new benefits/syntax etc.. but were there dangers or problems we encountered even without realizing?

what is the worst that could have happened all these years that this was on RTM.. and that we did not realize?

still on RTM - any problems?

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.