Article ID: 321185
Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007
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
This article was previously published under Q321185
SUMMARY
This article describes how to identify your current Microsoft SQL Server version number and the corresponding product or service pack (SP) level. It also describes how to identify the specific edition if you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.
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 results are:
- The product version (for example, "9.00.1399.06").
- The product level (for example, "RTM").
- The edition (for example, "Enterprise Edition").
For example, the result looks similar to:
| 9.00.1399.06 | RTM | Enterprise Edition |
The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number:
| 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 |
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 results are:
- 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 result looks similar to:
8.00.534 RTM Standard Edition
The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number:
| 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 |
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 look similar to 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:
| 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.
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:
| 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.
How to determine which edition of SQL Server is running
If you are not sure about what edition of SQL Server 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 provided earlier is for the operating system, not for SQL Server.
Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 2)
REFERENCES
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
301511 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 7.0 service pack
273914 Readme.txt for SQL Server 6.5 post-service pack 5a update
937137 The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
Additional query words: service pack identify version edition
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