I have upgraded a SQL Server Express 2005 instance to Standard using the best practices described in other posts. I have restarted the SQL Server but is still appears as Express in Management Studio and when executing select ##version
I did not find the cause of this problem. I performed the upgrade again and it worked so it must have been something I missed during the initial attempy
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I'm a beginner in this, I've been searching for long on internet. But as many solution in internet, I don't understand as much i wanted. And I have some question to for resolution. I see a place the recommend to ask some like this as Super User, but I recently just started using 'Stack Overflow' so I don't know How To Use Super User.
Start when I download a new setup of SQL Server 2016 and choose option to 'Upgrade-from-previous-version', from process I see, it just added 2 features.
From what I really want is to change entirely my SQL server from 2014 to 2016.
Two Server in services.msc
So i try to do option 'basic-installation' from installer and it work honestly but provide 2 server which server 2016 and 2014.
Maybe I can just uninstall the server 2014, and get work with 2016 instead. But Can I bring my database in 2014 too?, I mean it has compatibility-problem.
And it don't have SQL Server Management Studio so I download a newest version of it (v18.00)
Two server with different SQL Server version
My question is =
Can I keep my database in server 2014, my database in 2016 is empty (did I must attach it again)?
Did it just OK to have two Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio?
Why I don't get MSSMS when I install SQL Server 2016?
If I must do Question1, How To Upgrade my database to version 2016?
Is it bad for my laptop to having two Version of SQL Server, or I must delete one?
Backup and restore to 2016 (or keep it in 2014)
Yes, but not necessary, just use latest version, uninstall older
Management Studio can be downloaded separately
See (1)
No, both can be kept, but remember that both services will be running which may impact performance and resource usage. You can stop these services using SQL Server Configuration Manager
I'm using VS Ultimate 2013 and SQL Server 2014 Standard. I try to upgrade Pubs and Northwind databases but the operation fails with the following snapshot:
Besides that, I followed paths introduced in some corners of the net but I got no interesting results. What should I do?
Thanks
Update[Problem solved by #marc_s]:
The SQL Server 2012 Northwind database version bypassed the obstacles I had. Here's the link: http://businessimpactinc.com/install-northwind-database/
The error says
User instance flag is not supported on this version of SQL Server
You seem to be trying to use
User Instance=true
in your connection string, but that is supported exclusively in SQL Server Express - no other edition (and therefore, it's not supported on SQL Server Standard).
You will need to attach the .mdf files (or run the creational SQL scripts for those two databases) on your server instance¨and then connect to those database on the server
I am working in SSMS 2012. I recently discovered that 2012 built-in functions like TRY_CONVERT and DATEFROMPARTS are not recognized by my particular instance. So, I checked my database engine (at least, I think it's the engine I'm checking) via SELECT ##VERSION, and it returned Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (RTM) - 10.01.1600.22 (X64). If this is an engine problem (i.e., I'm not using the 2012 engine), how do I update / change the engine to the 2012 version?
I can see 3 factors as play here than can confuse you:
SSMS Version: SSMS is only the GUI to access SQL Server. Later version of SSMS can access earlier version of the SQL Server Engine. The fact that you are running SSMS 2012 doesn't mean you will get access to new functions in SQL Server 2012.
SQL Server Engine Version: I think this is your problem. The result you got clearly indicate it's 2008.
Compatibility level: you can run a newer SQL Server Engine as if it's an older one. So you can run SQL Server 2012 as 2008 or even 2005. In that case, even though you engine supports these new functions, the compatibility level prevents you from using them.
I think your problem is that you are accessing SQL Server 2008 through SSMS 2012. Get the proper version of SQL Server through MSDN, SQL Server Express (free) or DreamSpark( if you are a student).
Is it possible to install sql server 2005 express and sql server 2008 developer edition in one machine ?
Any gotchas ?
Michael
Technically you should be able to without any problems. Sometimes they do occur though. Take a look at this thread for some potential issues.
yes it is possible, one of them needs to be a named instance (that is the only gotcha )
Yes. I have SQL Server 2005 Express and 2008 Enterprise on my machine. I have the 2005 instance named.
I haven't run into any issues yet but you should look at Sev's link for potential problems.
No problem, as long as you install the 2005 version first - I wasn't able to re-install SQL 2005 once I had SQL 2008 on my dev machine.
Marc
I'm trying some of the ASP.NET MVC tutorials and one of them has the following steps:
Right-click on the "App_Data" folder, and choose "Add New item"
Choose "SQL Server Database" under the "Data" category.
However, once I do that, I get the following message from Visual Studio:
Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function proprely. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL...
The thing is that I have SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition installed, and I would really rather not install any Express versions (2005 or 2008) if I don't have to. Is there a work-around for this issue?
I ran into this problem too on 64-bit Windows 7 (using 64-bit SQL Server Express 2008).
There are two methods of fixing this problem referenced in the Microsoft Support Knowledge Base article:
1. Workaround
To work around this problem, uninstall
the 64-bit version of SQL Server
Express 2008, and then install the
32-bit version of SQL Server Express
2008.
If you don't want to do the uninstall/install, then try the Hotfix method below.
2. Hotfix
A supported hotfix is now available
from Microsoft. However, it is
intended to correct only the problem
that this article describes. Apply it
only to systems that are experiencing
this specific problem.
Although the article itself doesn't include a link to the hotfix, you can get it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=957944
To illuminate masfenix's reply, SQL Express supports one feature that is not supported by full-blown SQL Server: a "user instance" database. With SQL Express installed and an mdf file in your App_Data folder, the application will dynamically attach and detach it as needed. For hobbyist or small business sites, this may be perfect. If you're running SQL elsewhere in the enterprise, you probably don't want to go this route and therefore the feature isn't useful to you.
Actually SQL express is a whole different database engine then SQL Server 2005. So yes if you want to use mdf files you'd need SQL Express.
I want to point out that I have both Developer edition and Express edition installed. And I still run into the same error. I think Express edition must be installed as a single instance.
I have the same problem but I've sql 2008 express installed.
any way to make it work with sql 2008 express so I don't have to install the 4th sql instance on my machine??
I already have sql 2005, sql 2008, sql 2008 express
what the F... :)