Database Size Limitations

Hey all,
Is there any way that I can find the current size limitation (eg, MSDE = 2gb
limit) of a database from a db query / DMO dll call etc?
ThanksYou can get the edition and product information with these:
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS [ProductVersion]
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel') AS [ProductLevel]
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') AS [Edition]
But there is no bit that I know of that you can see for the size limitation.
It's pretty simple though if it is MSDE it is 2GB, if it is SQLExpress it is
4GB otherwise there is no limit.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hey all,
> Is there any way that I can find the current size limitation (eg, MSDE =
> 2gb
> limit) of a database from a db query / DMO dll call etc?
> Thanks|||Thanks Andrew, but which bit out of the server results would show what
version the DB is running on?
I understand which DB's have limits, but I cant establish a way to find out
which type of DB system is being used by our customers in order to impose a
limit check.
Any help would be great! Thanks!
"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> You can get the edition and product information with these:
>
> SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS [ProductVersion]
> SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel') AS [ProductLevel]
> SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') AS [Edition]
> But there is no bit that I know of that you can see for the size limitatio
n.
> It's pretty simple though if it is MSDE it is 2GB, if it is SQLExpress it
is
> 4GB otherwise there is no limit.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9F961CBD-4303-49DA-A8D8-8E2C63296BB5@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||I am not sure i am understanding you properly. Are you asking how do you
determine if they are running MSDE or not? Is so then just run
SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') to see. You can check BooksOnLine under this
command for the proper results.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Andrew, but which bit out of the server results would show what
> version the DB is running on?
> I understand which DB's have limits, but I cant establish a way to find
> out
> which type of DB system is being used by our customers in order to impose
> a
> limit check.
> Any help would be great! Thanks!
> "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:
>|||Yeah, thats what im after.
When trying it out, ive got an MSDE installation locally and a full SQL 2000
on a server, but both return 'Developer Edition' from the 'Edition' server
property, so I assumed that this wasn't specific enough?
"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> I am not sure i am understanding you properly. Are you asking how do you
> determine if they are running MSDE or not? Is so then just run
> SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') to see. You can check BooksOnLine under this
> command for the proper results.
>
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:44A7095B-F895-49DD-AA34-28FFE7F4DC1E@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||Hmmm. I can see the Full version showing Developer if that what it is but I
would expect MSDE to show DeskTop. Are you sure you were pointing to the
correct instance? What does "engine edition" show?
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, thats what im after.
> When trying it out, ive got an MSDE installation locally and a full SQL
> 2000
> on a server, but both return 'Developer Edition' from the 'Edition' server
> property, so I assumed that this wasn't specific enough?
> "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:
>|||Ok.. im a dumbass! (Looking at the wrong DB!)
Now my 'Engine Edition' Shows 1 (Desktop Edition) which is what I would
expect.
Do we know if the 'SERVERPROPERTY(EngineEdition)' returns similar results
for SQL 2005 & SQLExpress?
"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> Hmmm. I can see the Full version showing Developer if that what it is but
I
> would expect MSDE to show DeskTop. Are you sure you were pointing to the
> correct instance? What does "engine edition" show?
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B68E0408-2DE2-4CEA-886A-00338CBA8645@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||These are the possible results from both the Edition and Engine Edition
properties in 2005 BOL:
'Desktop Engine'
'Developer Edition'
'Enterprise Edition'
'Enterprise Evaluation Edition'
'Personal Edition'
'Standard Edition'
'Express Edition'
'Workgroup Edition'
'Windows Embedded SQL'
---
Database Engine edition of the instance of SQL Server installed on the
server.
1 = Personal or Desktop Engine
2 = Standard
3 = Enterprise (This is returned for Enterprise, Enterprise Evaluation, and
Developer.)
4 = Express
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"-Ldwater" <Ldwater@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ok.. im a dumbass! (Looking at the wrong DB!)
> Now my 'Engine Edition' Shows 1 (Desktop Edition) which is what I would
> expect.
> Do we know if the 'SERVERPROPERTY(EngineEdition)' returns similar results
> for SQL 2005 & SQLExpress?
> "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:
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