upgrade developer ed to standard ed

  • I need to upgrade our SQL Server 2005 developer ed to standard ed. Can this be done as an upgrade, or will I have to uninstall the developer ed and then install standard?

    Thanks very much for any help.

  • I believe this is an uninstall and reinstall. You should be able to detach databases, and script out user/passwords if you need to.

  • Uninstall-reinstall. Had one like that last year and that's what I had to do.

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  • Hello,

    The BOL Topic “Version and Edition Upgrades” suggests it is a viable upgrade path, but obviously practical experience proves otherwise. (Got to admit, I have never tried it).

    May be MS’s documentation is just wishful thinking 😉

    Regards,

    John Marsh

    www.sql.lu
    SQL Server Luxembourg User Group

  • May I ask why you need to upgrade from Developer Edition to Standard Edition? If the server is going to become a production server, I can understand the need, I am just curious.

  • That was my situation. Built with Dev, then changed the server to production once all the code was working.

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  • That is also our situation it will be production. THanks very much.

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