A common question I receive is that how do user know which version user is using and what is the latest version available for the product. Here is something at this beginning of the year, check with your production server. See if you are using the latest version of the product or if you need to upgrade. If you need to upgrade you might want to plan it with your entire team. As I get this question often here is something I have already built and kept it with me. As soon as I receive an email with the question about the version, I right away send it to them.
Now onwards as I have blogged about this subject, in future question, I will like to this blog post. Please feel free to add more details if I have missed any.
Here are two of the methods, you can use to identify your SQL Server version:
Open SSMS and in a New Query Window run following T-SQL code.
1) SELECT@@version2) SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')
The above query will return the version details of installed SQL Server.
Here is the list of the all the available RTM and Service Pack Numbers.
SQL Server 2012 Versions
| Release | Product Version |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 | 11.00.3000.00 |
| SQL Server 2012 RTM | 11.00.2100.60 |
SQL Server 2008 R2 Versions
| Release | Product Version |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 | 10.50.2500.0 |
| SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM | 10.50.1600.1 |
SQL Server 2008 Versions
| Release | Product Version |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 | 10.00.5500.00 |
| SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 | 10.00.4000.00 |
| SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 | 10.00.2531.00 |
| SQL Server 2008 RTM | 10.00.1600.22 |
SQL Server 2005 Versions
| Release | Product version |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 | 9.00.5000.00 |
| SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 | 9.00.4035 |
| SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 | 9.00.3042 |
| SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 | 9.00.2047 |
| SQL Server 2005 RTM | 9.00.1399 |
SQL Server 2000 Versions
| Release | Product version |
|---|---|
| SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 | 8.00.2039 |
| SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 | 8.00.760 |
| SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 | 8.00.760 |
| SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 | 8.00.534 |
| SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 | 8.00.384 |
| SQL Server 2000 RTM | 8.00.194 |
This method will help us find edition of the relational database. In future blog posts we will see the methods to identify the version of the Business Intelligence Services.
Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com)
