And so we begin anew. While the wait for SQL Server 2005 took a ghastly five years, Microsoft has blessed us (and, no, I’m not being sarcastic!) with SQL Server 2008 in just three short years. It probably shouldn’t be surprising to me that SQL Server 2008 comes up short in terms of marquee features — the flash and glitz stuff. Yet, what I am surprised by is just how many ‘‘little t…