How can one upgrade from Developer edition to Standard edition without uninstalling/re-installing the entire software (currently have SQL Server 2012 SP1 Developer Edition installed) or is it not possible to do?
Thank you
Update: I am aware of Edition Upgrade but does it work with going from DE to SE?
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my DBA college have wrongly installed SQL Server 2016 Standard instead of SQL Server 2016 Developer edition. I took some time to google this situation and haven't found real-life experiences with the edition upgrade.
I know that Edition upgrade can be performed but I am wondering about the impact made on this instance. Any tips will be appreciated.
We are working on a project migration from SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2012. When we contacted the customer they have asked us to list us the advanced features in SQL Server 2012. The customer system is in Enterprise Edition. But the development environment is in Standard Edition.
When we were trying to apply many new features like Columnstore Index, it says this can be applied only on Enterprise Edition. Can you please help me to list out such features in SQL Server 2012?
Thank you very much in advance.
This page is a really good breakdown of the key differences between Standard and Enterprise editions. Also, rather than using Standard Edition, use the Developer Edition to develop in - it's free to use, and contains the same features as Enterprise Edition.
I am using sql server 2008 R2 express edition,it only supports 10 Gb DB space.
how can i get know how much space is used and how much free space i have balance,i have tried sp_spaceused, but i didn't get clear answer.
i think i have 2 DB's.
and if i want to upgrade 2008 R2 express edition to 2008 R2 standard edition what is the procedure?, can i upgrade directly or need to take backup and uninstall express edition and then need to install standard edition?.
is that anything i need to pay (for license) to upgrade to standard edition?
Standard edition will require you to pay a fee fro licensing. As far as upgrading you can just install standard edition without uninstalling express. I would then take a backup for you express database and restore it to the standard edition then uninstall express once everything is working. As far as the space used Right click on your DB name in SSMS and select properties and that will tell you how much space that particular DB is using.
I have Visual Studio 2015 Professional Edition installed on my computer and I would like to start developing applications with SQL instead of MS Access.
What exactly do I need to install in order to achieve that? Do I need a full version of SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio?
Should I just install MySQL instead? I'm a bit lost... Thank you for your time and help.
SQL Server Express Edition (with tools) is free, and perfect for development purposes. If you need more advanced features then you can use SQL Server Developer Edition which is very cheap and has all features included in the advanced versions of SQL Server. The licence does not permit you to run it in a live environment though.
I have a SQL Server Express edition with management studio and i'm trying to use the enterprise disks ("SQL Server 2005" Enterprise Edition 32-bit Server Applications") and I can't get it to give me the option of installing the server components or a server instance. What am I missing?
You can't install the server tools for Enterprise edition because you need to actually install the server version. You can't add enterprise tools to the Express edition. You need a brand new installation of the full blown Enterprise edition.
If you want the server tools, you need to install the right version, meaning in your case, the Enterprise edition. I don't know if you can do it side-by-side as a new instance (and I'm not even sure if you can install it on a non-server version of Windows.)
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I found the answer to the question of whether you can install it in a non-server version of Windows here.
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However, if you mean the CLIENT side tools, so that you can create SSIS packages for a SQL Server on another machine (meaning a true server), without having to have Enterprise edition on your development pc, see this article.