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Makes sense. &nbsp;Is that true of all SQL Server Service Packs, they apply universally to SQL Server and SQL Server Express?
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Makes sense.  Is that true of all SQL Server Service Packs, they apply universally to SQL Server and SQL Server Express?

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Oops, my mistake, you can get the sp3 for express from this link<br />
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3181842a-4090-4431-acdd-9a1c832e65a6&displaylang=en" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3181842a-4090-4431-acdd-9a1c832e65a6&displaylang=en</a>
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Oops, my mistake, you can get the sp3 for express from this link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3181842a-4090-4431-acdd-9a1c832e65a6&displaylang=en [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3181842a-4090-4431-acdd-9a1c832e65a6&displaylang=en]

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I think you were right the first time around. &nbsp;Your link is to a full blown version of SQL Server 2005 Express.
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I think you were right the first time around.  Your link is to a full blown version of SQL Server 2005 Express.

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This is a stupid question, but I'm stumped. &nbsp;All I want is SP3 for SQL Server Express 2005. &nbsp;I don't want the full application: &quot;Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 3.&quot; &nbsp;All I want is the service pack to update an existing install.<br />
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Where is it? &nbsp;The websites I've found thus far give you the full application.
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This is a stupid question, but I'm stumped.  All I want is SP3 for SQL Server Express 2005.  I don't want the full application: "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 3."  All I want is the service pack to update an existing install.

Where is it?  The websites I've found thus far give you the full application.

SP3 for SQL Server Express 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.