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Determine the Version and Build Information for Microsoft SQL Server

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Use the following query to determine the version and build information for Microsoft SQL Server:

select @@microsoftversion / 0x01000000 as version,     cast(cast(@@microsoftversion as binary(2)) as int) as build;

The query returns the version number will be 7 for SQL Server 7.0, 8 for SQL Server 2000, 9 for SQL Server 2005 and 10 for SQL Server 2008. To determine the service pack level and edition information, please refer to this Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

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