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fireball
12/27/2006 3:35:05 PM

sql server (alternate): I need to test, wheather my scripts run under proper instance version (ie.
if it is 2005).
I only know @@VERSION, but taht's not it. Any suggestions?

Re: server version

John Bell
12/27/2006 8:16:55 PM

Hi

The SERVERPROPERTY function will give you similar information see
http://sqlserver2000.databases.aspfaq.com/how-do-i-know-which-version-of-sql-server-i-m-running.html

John

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Re: server version

fireball
12/28/2006 10:38:34 AM

I will try to make myself more clear:
can I stop my script when running under wrong version of SqlServer?

Re: server version

John Bell
12/28/2006 12:20:42 PM

Hi

You can test the version you are using and make the code run conditional on
that setting such as

IF CAST(LEFT(CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS varchar(30)),1) AS
smallint) < 9 GOTO EndofScript
PRINT CAST(LEFT(CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS varchar(30)),1) AS
smallint)
EndofScript:

John

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Re: server version

fireball
12/28/2006 5:13:02 PM

U¿ytkownik "John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
news:4593b698$0> > IF CAST(LEFT(CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS
varchar(30)),1) AS
[...]
I love newsgroups :-)

Re: server version

John Bell
12/29/2006 9:11:26 AM

Hi

Regarding your other thread "prompting users", as you are using SQL 2005
then you can make your script execute particular actions by setting
variables and passing them to SQLCMD. These variables can then set by
prompting the user in a batch script or WMI script and then within your SQL
script they can be tested. There is more on this in Books Online.

John

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Re: server version

fireball
12/29/2006 10:26:39 AM

U¿ytkownik "John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
news:4594dbc2$0

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thx, I will read Books Online about, - any sigle simple example wolud be
helpful though.

Re: server version

John Bell
12/29/2006 10:56:53 AM

Hi

You will create a new batch if you have a GO statement. You could use
RAISERROR instead as others have suggested.

John

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Re: server version

fireball
12/29/2006 11:33:09 AM

U¿ytkownik "John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
news:4593b698$0

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"...GOTO cannot go to a label outside the batch."
- is it possible to have an entire script as a single batch?

Thanks for helping with newbie questions.

Re: server version

Hugo Kornelis
12/29/2006 8:57:38 PM

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Hi Fireball,

That depends on what is in the script. There is no length limit that I
know of (there probably is SOME length limit, but so sky high that
you'll never get to it for normal work). But there are some statements
that have to run in a seperate batch.

--

Re: server version

Erland Sommarskog
12/29/2006 10:41:51 PM

Hugo Kornelis (hugo@perFact.REMOVETHIS.info.INVALID) writes:
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And there are other statements that cannot be in the same batch, for
instance:

ALTER TABLE tbl ADD somenewcol int
UPDATE tbl SET somenewcol = 4711

This will fail to compile, since the new column does not exist when the
batch is compiled.

But this can be dealt with by putting such statments in EXEC().

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at

Re: server version

fireball
1/5/2007 10:58:04 AM

Uzytkownik "Hugo Kornelis" <hugo@perFact.REMOVETHIS.info.INVALID> napisal w

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do I need to redeclare all variables (and re-set it's values) I still use
after starting new batch in my script? :O

Re: server version

Erland Sommarskog
1/6/2007 1:59:21 PM

fireball (fireball@onet.kropka.eu) writes:
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The scope of a variable is a batch. But you can run these commands that
require a separate batch from EXEC().

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at

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