How do I check for the SQL Server Version using Po

Question

What's the easiest way to check for the SQL Server Edition and Version using powershell?

Answer 1

Hacked up advice from this thread (and some others), this went in my psprofile:

Function Get-SQLSvrVer {
<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Checks remote registry for SQL Server Edition and Version.

    .DESCRIPTION
        Checks remote registry for SQL Server Edition and Version.

    .PARAMETER  ComputerName
        The remote computer your boss is asking about.

    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> Get-SQLSvrVer -ComputerName mymssqlsvr 

    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:\> $list = cat .\sqlsvrs.txt
        PS C:\> $list | % { Get-SQLSvrVer $_ | select ServerName,Edition }

    .INPUTS
        System.String,System.Int32

    .OUTPUTS
        System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

    .NOTES
        Only sissies need notes...

    .LINK
        about_functions_advanced

#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
    # a computer name
    [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)]
    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
    [System.String]
    $ComputerName
)

# Test to see if the remote is up
if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $ComputerName -Count 1 -Quiet) {
    # create an empty psobject (hashtable)
    $SqlVer = New-Object PSObject
    # add the remote server name to the psobj
    $SqlVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ServerName -Value $ComputerName
    # set key path for reg data
    $key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL"
    # i have no idea what this does, honestly, i stole it...
    $type = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine
    # set up a .net call, uses the .net thingy above as a reference, could have just put 
    # 'LocalMachine' here instead of the $type var (but this looks fancier :D )
    $regKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey($type, $ComputerName)

    # make the call 
    $SqlKey = $regKey.OpenSubKey($key)
        # parse each value in the reg_multi InstalledInstances 
        Foreach($instance in $SqlKey.GetValueNames()){
        $instName = $SqlKey.GetValue("$instance") # read the instance name
        $instKey = $regKey.OpenSubkey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$instName\Setup") # sub in instance name
        # add stuff to the psobj
        $SqlVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Edition -Value $instKey.GetValue("Edition") -Force # read Ed value
        $SqlVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Version -Value $instKey.GetValue("Version") -Force # read Ver value
        # return an object, useful for many things
        $SqlVer
    }
} else { Write-Host "Server $ComputerName unavailable..." } # if the connection test fails
}

Answer 2

All you need is to connect to SQL Server and run this query:

select @@version

This, of course, will work for any client tool.

Additionally, this is also available:

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), 
       SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), 
       SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

More ways to determine the SQL Server version here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185

Answer 3

Just an option using the registry, I have found it can be quicker on some of my systems:

$inst = (get-itemproperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server').InstalledInstances
foreach ($i in $inst)
{
   $p = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL').$i
   (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$p\Setup").Edition
   (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$p\Setup").Version
}

Answer 4

[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | out-null
$srv = New-Object "Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server" "."
$srv.Version
$srv.EngineEdition

Obviously, replace "." with the name of your instance. If you want to see all the methods available, go here.

Answer 5

Here is a version I cobbled together from some sources here and there*.

This version does not hit the registry, does not hit SQL, and doesn't even require that the instance be running. It does require that you know the instance name. If you don't know the instance name, you should be able to trivially work it out from this code.

To get this to work, replace "YourInstanceNameHere" with the name of your instance. Don't touch the $ if you do it won't work.

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$instanceName = "MSSQL`$YourInstanceNameHere"

$sqlService = Get-Service -Name $instanceName

$WMISQLservices = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name LIKE 'SQL Server % Database Engine Services'" | Select-Object -Property Name,Vendor,Version,Caption | Get-Unique

foreach ($sqlService in $WMISQLservices)
{
    $SQLVersion = $sqlService.Version
    $SQLVersionNow =  $SQLVersion.Split("{.}")
    $SQLvNow = $SQLVersionNow[0]
    $thisInstance = Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ComputerManagement$SQLvNow"  -Class SqlServiceAdvancedProperty | Where-Object {$_.ServiceName -like "*$instanceName*"}  | Where-Object {$_.PropertyName -like "VERSION"}
}

$sqlServerInstanceVersion = $thisInstance.PropertyStrValue

if ($sqlServerInstanceVersion)
{
    $majorVersion = $thisInstance.PropertyStrValue.Split(".")[0]
    $versionFormatted = "MSSQL$($majorVersion)"
}
else
{
    throw "ERROR: An error occured while attempting to find the SQL Server version for instance '$($instanceName)'."
}

$versionFormatted

*I also received help from and help from this this friend of mine https://stackoverflow.com/users/1518277/mqutub and I didn't want it to go uncredited.

Answer 6

Try this

Invoke-SqlCmd -query "select @@version" -ServerInstance "localhost"

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