I have been using SQL Server 2005 Standard and I want to upgrade it to 2008 R2 Standard.
My question is if there may be a problem when I install the 2008 R2 version on top of the existing SQL Server 2005 Standard installation?
Best Regards
Salih Hanifeoglu
Microsoft provides the Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Upgrade Advisor utility for this situation.
Per Micorsoft's description: "Upgrade Advisor identifies feature and configuration changes that might affect your upgrade, and it provides links to documentation that describes each identified issue and how to resolve it."
Download available at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16978
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When trying to attach a database file to:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP2) - 10.0.4000.0 (X64) Sep 16 2010 19:43:16 <X64> (Build 7600: )
I get this error message:
The database cannot be opened because
it is version 661. This server
supports version 662 and earlier. A
downgrade path is not supported.
Any idea why? and how to solve it?
SQL Server 2008 databases are version 655. SQL Server 2008 R2 databases are 661. You are trying to attach an 2008 R2 database (v. 661) to an 2008 instance and this is not supported. Once the database has been upgraded to an 2008 R2 version, it cannot be downgraded. You'll have to either upgrade your 2008 SP2 instance to R2, or you have to copy out the data in that database into an 2008 database (eg using the data migration wizard, or something equivalent).
The message is misleading, to say the least, it says 662 because SQL Server 2008 SP2 does support 662 as a database version, this is when 15000 partitions are enabled in the database, see Support for 15000 Partitions.docx. Enabling the support bumps the DB version to 662, disabling it moves it back to 655. But SQL Server 2008 SP2 does not support 661 (the R2 version).
To clarify, a database created under SQL Server 2008 R2 was being opened in an instance of SQL Server 2008 (the version prior to R2). The solution for me was to simply perform an upgrade installation of SQL Server 2008 R2. I can only speak for the Express edition, but it worked.
Oddly, though, the Web Platform Installer indicated that I had Express R2 installed. The better way to tell is to ask the database server itself:
SELECT ##VERSION
I am currently running SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (version 10.0.1600.22) and I want to update due to a bug in this version.
All the documentation I have found so far has been for updating to SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio and SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express which I believe are different. Is that right?
I have also found links for updating SQL Server which I once again believe isn't what I'm looking for as I only want to update the client side.
Is there a way (or link) where I can update SQL Server 2008 Management Studio without having to reinstall it?
I believe the management tools for SQL Server 2008 R2 is backwards compatible with SQL Server 2008.
If you want to keep your database instance SQL Server 2008, just run the setup on the installation DVD and choose Maintenance -> Repair. At the screen to select the instance, there is an option to select "Repair shared features only". I don't have SQL Server 2008 DVD, only 2008 R2 DVD, but I believe the 2008 version works the same way.
Or if your computer doesn't have SQL Server database instance, you can do a fresh installation and choose only management tools. Example screen shots (for 2008 R2): http://it-n-careerz.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-install-sql-server-management.html
Good luck!
what update i need to install for version 655 in vs studio 2010 for the sql server.
Can anyone tell me what i need on my computer when creating a database using sql on vs studio 2010? I need to use version 655 cos thats the version being used on Uni Computers
SQL Server 2008 (655) and SQL Server 2008 R2 (661) are not the same thing (though it is a common misconception - a lot of people think they're the same because Microsoft made a terrible, terrible, terrible naming decision, making 2008 R2 sound like a service pack).
You can't attach/restore a 2008 R2 database to a 2008 instance, period. Though there are several workarounds (that also apply for attaching 2012 -> 2008, 2008 -> 2005, 2008 R2 -> 2005, etc). You can either upgrade the engine you're trying to connect to up to 2008 R2, or you can extract the schema / data from the database using generate scripts wizard, import/export data wizard, SSIS, or 3rd party tools like Red Gate SQL Compare (for a full list of alternatives see this blog post).
This comes up extremely often, did you search for "sql server version 661 655"? I came up with a whole bunch of hits using this search term and some slight variations, all on this site and dba.SE:
Failure attaching SQL Server 2008 database to SQL Server 2005
Cannot attach 2008 R2 database to 2008 instance
Database restore error
Create Database in SQL Server 2012, Script and Use in 2008?
Cannot restore backup on SQL Server Express
How to automatically restore a SQL Server 2008 R2 backup file
Database "cannot be opened because it is version 661" when attaching .mdf file
Use database 661 version with SQL Server 2008
SQL Server: Attach incorrect version 661
https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/21525/restoring-an-sql-server-2012-mdf-to-sql-server-2008
https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/20588/restore-sql-server-2012-backup-to-a-sql-server-2008-database
If you are developing .NET based apps in visual studio 2010, then they will typically support all versions of Microsoft SQL Server. That does not mean you install SQL server INSIDE of visual studio, just that you can connect to a SQL Server instance running somewhere.
If you are asking "Where can I get a copy of SQL Server that my university is using?", that depends. For development, you can use a SQL Express installation on your local machine that matches the major release of SQL (2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2012), or you can request the university (or someone else) grant you access to an existing SQL instance.
When I want to attach database, an error occurs:
The database 'Almizan' cannot be opened because it is version 661.
This server supports version 655 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported.
Could not open new database 'Almizan'. CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
(.Net SqlClient Data Provider)
Help me to attach this database.
Install SQL Server 2008 EXPRESS R2. There is a bug in the Web Platform Installer and it still thinks EXPRESS R1 is the latest version.
SQL Server 2008 databases are version 655. SQL Server 2008 R2 databases are 661. You are trying to attach an 2008 R2 database (v. 661) to an 2008 instance and this is not supported. Once the database has been upgraded to an 2008 R2 version, it cannot be downgraded. You'll have to either upgrade your 2008 SP2 instance to R2, or you have to copy out the data in that database into an 2008 database (eg using the data migration wizard, or something equivalent).
The message is misleading, to say the least, it says 662 because SQL Server 2008 SP2 does support 662 as a database version, this is when 15000 partitions are enabled in the database, see Support for 15000 Partitions.docx. Enabling the support bumps the DB version to 662, disabling it moves it back to 655. But SQL Server 2008 SP2 does not support 661 (the R2 version).
Think you need to upgrade the SQL Server 2008 instance (655) your trying to attach the database in, to SQL Server 2008 R2 (661), the version the database was actually created in.
See SQL Server: Attach incorrect version 661
The this answer on the MSDN seems to tell us the obvious
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/01ed3b1c-6f29-4518-a3a4-e4e35decc05f/
When you attached the database to SQL Server 2008 to compress it the
database has automatically been upgraded from SQL 2005 to to SQL
Server 2008 from the disk structucture point of view. An internal
upgrade script has been run and has modified the on-disk structure of
the database to that new version. This can be seen at the version 655.
Once this has been done you can no longer attach the upgraded database
to a lower version of SQL Server, it will fail with the error you've
seen.
This has nothing to do with the compatiblity level of the database.
The compatabilty level only prevents the engine from using some of the
new features.
In order to get the database on SQL Server 2005 again you will need to
create the database freshly and export/import the data, for example by
using the Export/Import Wizard.
Ulrike - MSFT
Is it possible to install SQL Server 2005 (Enterprise Edition) on Windows Server 2008?
Sure, why shouldn't it be possible to do that???
Just do it! I don't see any reasons why you should have any issues with this setup.
Go ahead and try it - if you run into any actual problems, come back (but preferably to http://Serverfault.com) and ask for help.
Yes. The SQL Server version doesn't have to match the operating system version, as it is for example with the IIS.
Yes.
What does the MS site for SQL Server 2005 say? (my bold)
SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008
and Windows Vista
In an effort to provide customers with
more secure products, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft
Windows Vista are supported by SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition Service
Pack 1 (SP1), and for all other
editions will be supported by SQL
Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or
later when it becomes available.
Earlier versions of SQL Server,
including SQL Server 2000 (all
editions including Desktop Engine
edition, a.k.a MSDE), SQL Server 7.0,
and SQL Server 6.5, will not be
supported on Windows Server 2008 or
Windows Vista.