I have management studio 2005 and 2008, can the 2008 version be setup to connect to 2005? I understand there are new features in 2008 that I wouldn't be able to use, but I mainly use the software to graphical create new tables and assign relationships.
Yes, Sql Server Management Studio 2008 works with Sql Server 2005. However, it does not work with Sql Server 2000.
I incorrectly stated that it doesn't work with Sql Server 2000, while in fact it does. However, having said that, it's probably not going to give you a whole lot usability options if you're connecting to Sql Server 2000.
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I am using SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio for an old database that is SQL Server 2005 based. I want to debug my T-SQL code but SQL Server is telling me:
the transact-sql debugger does not support SQL Server 2005 or earlier
versions of SQL Server
What can I do for debugging that T-SQL code?
Yes you are right Management Studio 2008 doesn't support SQL Server 2005 T-SQL code debug.
But you can use Visual Studio. I hope, this article will help to you http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/show/27/debugging-stored-procedures-in-sql-server-2005
What is the difference between SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Express edition and which is better? I can't understand the relationship between these two. Can anyone help me?
You are talking about 2 different things.
SQL Server Express is one edition (a variant) of SQL Server.
SQL Server Management Studio is a tool that you use to access SQL Server (any edition). You would use it, for instance, to access SQL Server Express, but not as a replacement of SQL Server Express.
Sql Server Management Studio:
It is the tool used to administering, configuring of sqlserver components by using script editors and graphical tools
sqlserver express is the express edition of sqlserver
You can find the list of sql server editions from following link
http://www.sqlserverspace.com/sqlservereditioncomparison.html
In simple words it(sqlserver management studio) is the interface to access sqlserver(database) of any edition(Express,Enterprise,Developer etc)
Yea.
Management Studio is Management Studio. There are not various differences. THe DB has various capabilities, but management studio is management studio.
I'm currently using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ver. 9.00.4035.00 to manage my SQL Server 2005 (90) compatible databases.
Will I encounter problems should I attempt to upgrade the Management Studio software to SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 to manage MSSQL 2005 DB instances? I will not be upgrading the version of the database instance.
My personal expreience says that you wont have any migration issues if you have sql server 2005 db instances. The attach and detach of DB is same in 2008 version. Only thing is, once you use a 2005 instance DB and attach it to 2008 version, it cannot be used with 2005 version again. Apart from that, from functionality point of view, there are no issues, you can continue to use the 2005 version DB on 2008 as normal.
link for moving the DB from 2005 to 2008 -
http://www.packtpub.com/article/moving-a-database-from-sql-server-2005-to-sql-server-2008-in-three-steps
EDIT: Incase you want to move back to 2005 version for same DB instance, I dont think it will be possible except for doing a data export import onto new 2005 DB instance.
Duplicate of:
known and “unknown” incompatibilities between sql 2005 and 2008?
SQL Server 2005 vs SQL Server 2008 [closed]
Advantages of MS SQL Server 2008 over MS SQL Server 2005?
And many more.
Hi
I have been using SQL server 2000 for a few years but now have access to SQL server 2008 for development.
Apart from the obvious things like the new management studio and intellisense what are the main features and benefits of SQL server 2008?
What is the general consensus on the performance of the management studio compared to the out dated SQL 2000 enterprise manager and query analyzer applications?
Thanks
Check out this question. Granted the title is for advantages of 2008 over 2005, I think the feature list is quite comprehensive and will show you all that 2000 isn't offering.
SQL Server Management Studio is a lot nicer than Enterprise Manager. It is a little different since SSMS uses more of a Visual Studio interface. But there are lot more features in SSMS easily available.
I've got a problem on an SQL Server 2005 Express instance, and I need to see exactly what is being run, since what I believe is being run works fine when I run it from Management Studio.
It appears that Profiler is not available for SQL Server 2005 Express. When I attempt to run SQL Server 2000 Profiler against the 2005 Express edition, I get the following message : "To Connect to this server you must use SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Management Objects (SMO)." However, in searching Express Management Studio for a menu to do something similar to what I need, I can't find anything. I found a third party profiler knock off for Express, but prefer to not to install a client app on my customer's server.
How do you find out what is being run in SQL Server 2005 Express?
I use this sql server profiler. Its free, its open-source.
You can use xSQL Profiler from http://www.xsqlsoftware.com/Product/xSQL_Profiler.aspx
It's free for up to 2 instances.