SQL Server 2014 Express edition is installed on my laptop. I downloaded the .ISO file for the Developer edition from this link: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=SQL%20Server%202014%20with%20Service%20Pack%201
Is it possible to upgrade the existing SQL Server Express edition to Developer edition? Or do I have to install a separate instance of Developer edition?
You cannot really "upgrade" an existing SQL Server instance.
I'd recommend to just install the Developer Edition as a separate instance.
Since you have SQL Server Express, this is most likely installed as the .\SQLEXPRESS instance - so you can probably install the Developer edition as the default, unnamed instance that can be accessed by specifying ., (local), or YourPcName as the server/instance name side-by-side with your Express instance.
If you need to move databases to the new instance, the easiest way is to just simply backup from the Express instance into a .bak file, and then restoring that to the Developer edition instance.
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I have MsSQL database which is created in MSSQL 2012 SQL server.
On my local machine I have installed MSSQL 2008 SQL server.
Will the 2012 database work in MSSQL 2008?
Also,I have installed MSSQL 2012 SQL server on my local system.Do I need to install MSSQL management studio for 2012 SQL server?
Is it required for user interface?
A full database backup and restore to the new server will not work. SQL server does not allow that to a previous version.
You can however create the schema and load the data in manually through SSIS or BCP.
For SSMS you can connect to a previous version.
Most of the features will work, But features specific to SQL Server 2012 may not work.
You don't need to use Management Studio of SQL Server 2012 in order to browse SSMS-2012 database. You can still continue to use the 2008 R2's IDE.
Whether a 2012 database will work on a 2008R2 server depends.
If you are deploying to your 2008R2 server by running T-SQL scripts then it will only work if
The database objects used in your 2012 database were available in 2008R2
You are not using SQL2012 T-SQL enhancements in your scripts
Your scripts do not depend on system objects or views that were introduced in SQL2012
The local edition of SQL2008R2 is compatible with the SQL2012 edition. For example SQL2008R2 Express will not like SQL2012 Enterprise Edition features.
Ideally you will be using the Developer Edition for your local instance as this is simply a throttled version of Enterprise Edition.
If you are trying to restore to 2008R2 from a 2012 backup then no, it won't work.
Given that SQL Management Studio is a free download why would you stick with the SQL2008R2 version? If you have licenced SQL2012 then you are licenced for the SQL2012 version of SSMS. Why not go the whole hog and install SSMS for SQL2017?
If you do not like SMSS then a paid for alternative might be Aquafold Data Studio. This has the advantage of supporting many database platforms from a single IDE.
it is not neccesarily required to have ssms 2012 . it will work as we have the sql server installed
Just reiterating PingPongOng - a backup and restore wont work as you can't install a newer database onto an older server. You can however go the other way, so a 2008 database could migrate to a 2012 server.
As others have said, you need to create scripts.
Right click on the 2012 database, and on the menu that appears -> Tasks -> Generate Scripts and follow the wizard that appears. This will allow you to create just the schema or schema and data (if required).
I installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008, but there is no SQL Server Management Studio icon.
All the tutorials I found on installing SQL Server 2008 say that in order to start it, I need to go Start -> All programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -> SQL Server Management Studio, but the icons in the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 are
Import and Export Data (32-bit)
folder Configuration Tools in which are three icons:
SQL Server Configuration Manager
SQL Server Error and Usage Reporting
SQL Server Installation Center
I have Windows 7.
I am not sure if Management Studio is installed by default, but I know there is an option to select it during setup. You may have just missed it. You may be able to go back into setup and tell the installer to install Management Studio.
Run the installer again and make sure you check the Management Tools as well.
BTW: what version have you installed? Express or Standard? Express comes in different downloads
If you have installed the Express version, there are two downloads. Express and Express with Tools. Check out this link for more information (it's R2, but 2008 was the same say): http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/express.aspx
If you do not have Express or you do have the Express With Tools version, then when you install SQL Server (run the install package) you'll have a bunch of check boxes for what components to install. One of those is management tools. You'll need that selected to have SQL Server Management Studio installed with the instance (or a stand alone install).
I have SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with advanced services installed on my computer. I tried creating an SSIS package today and found out that the express edition does not support it.
Can I install Standard/Enterprise and have Express and Standard/Enterprise live happily on my development machine or do I need to uninstall Express?
Thanks
Yes.
You can either install a new instance so you have both a Express and Standard instance on the machine; or you can upgrade your Express instance to Standard/Enterprise. If the option to upgrade the SKU is not visible in setup then run setup.exe with SKUUPGRADE=1 on the command line.
I have SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed on my workstation. I’m in the process of learning Entity Framework, and wanted to use the Management Studio Profiler to help understand the SQL commands generated by EF.
Since the Express version does not include the Profiler, I installed SQL Server 2008-R2 Developer side-by-side with Express. The installation went perfectly and I had no problem adding my databases to the full Server installation.
The problem is that Management Studio – Complete was not installed with the full SQL Server so I still don’t have access to the profiler. I re-ran the installer so I could install the Complete version, but it is greyed out and I cannot select it for installation.
Can someone help me get Management Studio – Complete installed?
If I have to uninstall the Express version, will that hurt anything (I have VS2010 Ultimate installed as well)?
Thanks!
I ran into this and had the hardest time getting the Management Tools - Complete to install. I finally got it working by running the upgrade. Even though it was already Enterprise edition with nothing obvious to upgrade I went through the update wizard. After that I was able to do the install of the complete tools.
Steps:
Run the installer -> Maintenance -> Edition Upgrade -> follow the wizard.
Then -> Run the installer -> Installation -> New SQL Server stand-alone ... -> ... "Add features to existing install" -> Management Tools - Complete.
To solve the problem I uninstalled SQL express and the Basic version of Server Management Studio.
Uninstalling SQL Express is not intuitive as it does not appear as a separate item in the “Programs and Features” window.
To uninstall it, I right-clicked on “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)” and selected Uninstall/Change”. This opened a dialog, from which I selected ‘Remove’. I navigated though the process until I arrived at a screen which allowed me to elect to remove the Express version (all items with 'Express' in the name). I also elected to remove Management Studio Basic.
After SQL Server Express and Management Studio Basic were uninstalled, I started the SQL Server 2008 R2 installer; this time I was able to select Management Studio Complete for installation.
The installation process executed normally; when it finished the Complete version of Management Studio was available and I was able to execute the Profiler.
Uninstalling SQL Server Express appears to have done no harm to my system; I was able to modify the Server Explorer data connection in VS2010 to connect to my database in the full version of SQL Explorer.
This process outlined above worked for me; YMMV.
In my case I was trying to install instance features, while SQL Management Studio is a Shared feature.
Another way of installing SQL Management Studio is to install another instance using SQL With Tools or the Advance Services issue. Do not look into another instance that is already installed.
I'm doing data migration between two SQL Server 2008 database using SSIS because I need to do some data transformation. I guess I need to use Business Intelligence Developement Studio which I have on my develop machine. But because I don't have SQL Server Standard Edition on my develop machine. The BIDS do not allow me to build the SSIS package. Is there any work around? Thanks a lot in advance!
When you installed BIDS, did you also install the client tools for SQL Server?
Alternatively, you could remote to the dev server and devlop the package directly on the server.
You would normally install SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition on your development box.
SQL Server 2008 Developer enables
developers to build and test
applications that run on SQL Server on
32-bit, ia64, and x64 platforms. SQL
Server 2008 Developer includes all of
the functionality of Enterprise
Edition, but is licensed only for
development, test, and demo use.