September 5, 2013 at 8:40 am
We're finally going to be upgrading our old SQL Server 2005 instance, to SQL Server 2012 R2. Therefore I need to upgrade my development environment as well. Currently, on my dev box I'm at SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Edition, I want to upgrade to SQL Server 2012 R2 Developer Edition. Do I uninstall 2008 R2 and then install 2012 R2? Or do I do something different?
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September 5, 2013 at 9:16 am
If it’s your dev. environment this is what I would do. Backup your stuff first all of it, Uninstall 08R2 completely, including the all folders. install 2012.
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September 5, 2013 at 9:52 am
I always recommend full install too. Upgrade-install doesn't give me a warm-and-fuzzy at all.
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September 5, 2013 at 9:54 am
TheSQLGuru (9/5/2013)
I always recommend full install too. Upgrade-install doesn't give me a warm-and-fuzzy at all.
DITTO! Upgrading is painful and I avoid it all costs, backup, backup, backup, uninstall, install! 🙂
MCSE SQL Server 2012\2014\2016
September 5, 2013 at 10:24 am
btw, there isn't a SQL Server 2012 R2. There's only SQL Server 2012.
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