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How to identify your Microsoft SQL Server version and edition

This article describes how to identify your current Microsoft SQL Server version number and the corresponding product or service pack level. It also describes how to identify the specific edition of SQL Server you are using.
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How to determine which version of SQL Server 2008 is running
To determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is running, connect to SQL Server 2008 by using SQL Server Management Studio, and then run the following Transact-SQL statement.

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

The following results are returned:

    * The product version (for example, 10.0.1600.22)
    * The product level (for example, RTM)
    * The edition (for example, Enterprise)

For example, the results resemble the following.
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10.0.1600.22    RTM    Enterprise Edition
The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number.
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Release    Sqlservr.exe
RTM    2007.100.1600.0
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1    2007.100.2531.0
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How to determine which version of SQL Server 2005 is running
To determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is running, connect to SQL Server 2005 by using SQL Server Management Studio, and then run the following Transact-SQL statement.

SELECT  SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

The following results are returned:

    * The product version (for example, 9.00.1399.06)
    * The product level (for example, RTM)
    * The edition (for example, Enterprise Edition)

For example, the results resemble the following.
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9.00.1399.06    RTM    Enterprise Edition
The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number.
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Release    Sqlservr.exe
RTM    2005.90.1399
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1    2005.90.2047
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2    2005.90.3042
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3    2005.90.4035
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How to determine which version of SQL Server 2000 is running
To determine which version of SQL Server 2000 is running, connect to SQL Server 2000 by using Query Analyzer, and then run the following code.

SELECT  SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

The following results are returned:

    * The product version (for example, 8.00.534)
    * The product level (for example, "RTM" or "SP2")
    * The edition (for example, "Standard Edition"). For example, the results resemble the following:

      8.00.534 SP2 Standard Edition

The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number.
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Release    Sqlservr.exe
RTM    2000.80.194.0
SQL Server 2000 SP1    2000.80.384.0
SQL Server 2000 SP2    2000.80.534.0
SQL Server 2000 SP3    2000.80.760.0
SQL Server 2000 SP3a    2000.80.760.0
SQL Server 2000 SP4    2000.8.00.2039
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How to determine which version of SQL Server 7.0 is running
To determine which version of SQL Server 7.0 is running, connect to SQL Server 7.0 by using Query Analyzer, and then run the following code.

SELECT @@VERSION

The results resemble the following:

Microsoft SQL Server  7.00 - 7.00.623 (Intel X86)
        Nov 27 1998 22:20:07
        Copyright (c) 1988-1998 Microsoft Corporation
        Desktop Edition on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: )

Note In this example, the version number is 7.00.623.

Use the version number in the following table to identify the product or service pack level.
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Version Number    Service Pack
7.00.1063    SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
7.00.961    SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
7.00.842    SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
7.00.699    SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
7.00.623    SQL Server 7.0 RTM (Release To Manufacturing)
If the version number that is reported by @@VERSION is not listed in this table, SQL Server is running with a hotfix or a security update build. For example, if @@VERSION reports a version number of 7.00.859, you are running SQL Server 7.0 SP2 with a hotfix installed. The version number increases with each new version of the Sqlservr.exe executable file. See to the Readme.txt file for your hotfix or security update for more information.
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How to determine which version of SQL Server 6.5 is running
To determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 is running, connect to SQL Server 6.5 by using Isql_w, and then run the following code.

SELECT @@VERSION

Use the version number in the following table to identify the product or service pack level.
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Version Number    Service Pack
6.50.479    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5a (SP5a) Update
6.50.416    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5a (SP5a)
6.50.415    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 5 (SP5)
6.50.281    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
6.50.258    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
6.50.240    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
6.50.213    SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
6.50.201    SQL Server 6.5 RTM
    
If the version number that is reported by @@VERSION is not listed in this table, SQL Server is running with a hotfix or a security update build. The version number increases with each new version of the Sqlservr.exe executable file. See to the Readme.txt file for your hotfix or security update for more information.
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How to determine which edition of SQL Server is running
If you are not sure about what edition of SQL Server that you are running, the last line of output that is returned by @@VERSION reports the edition to which you have connected. The example that is used in this article is the Standard Edition of SQL Server 2000 on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 2).

Note The build and service pack information that is provided earlier is for the operating system, not for SQL Server.

Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 2)

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REFERENCES
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles...
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290211/ ) How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
301511  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301511/ ) How to obtain the latest SQL Server 7.0 service pack
273914  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273914/ ) Readme.txt for SQL Server 6.5 post-service pack 5a update
937137  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/ ) The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
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APPLIES TO

    * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 64-bit Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Workgroup
    * Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express

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