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.

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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 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

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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 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 SP2 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

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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 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.

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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:

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 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)

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