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Where is the SQL 2012 EXPRESS Edition Service Pack?
I'm trying to find the following service pack for the EXPRESS edition of SQL 2012:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP4-GDR) (KB4583465) - 11.0.7507.2 (X64) Nov 1 2020 00:48:37 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 9600: )
But, evidently, the sites that I go to are not providing me the correct one. Not even the Microsoft site is providing it.
When I start to run whatever I download, I get a message saying that my SQL version is not correct.
The version so SQL EXPRESS that I'm trying to upgrade from is the following:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP3) (KB3072779) - 11.0.6020.0 (X64)
Oct 20 2015 15:36:27
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 14393: )
Please help.
ASKER
KB4025925 - Cumulative update 10 for SQL Server 2012 SP3 (microsoft.com)
Then try installing the SP4.
ASKER
What file from the download page did you try to install?
If you are sure the installed package is the right one then it is possible bug at Microsoft side.
ASKER
What file from the download page did you try to install?
ASKER
Then, I installed SQL 2012 service pack 4 GDR. When I conducted a search and found the page pointing me to that, Google told me that it works for SQL Express. That's not true, as I later found.
So, I took the advice earlier in this post and installed service pack 4.
From there, I installed whatever else was suggested at the beginning of this post.
The SP4 GDR is just a hotfix and the download page states "this update requires SP4 to be installed first"... and it was also proposed as the first answer :-)
ASKER
Where in the world did you get the idea that I said that the issue no longer exists???????????????
And you did not answer that so it could mean you don't need to answer this simple question because everything works.
The list of files available for download is here:
ASKER
No, I have not tried uninstalling and reinstalling SQL 2012 Express with service pack 4. I'll try this, as soon as possible.
Thank you!
1. You did not disclose what file was downloaded from the Microsoft site
2. You did not show any error message from SP4 installation (the image showed in your post was from the attempt to install SP4-GDR (KB4583465) over the SP3 which must not work..
I've tested the SP4 installation and the final version is:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP4) (KB4018073) - 11.0.7001.0 (X64) Aug 15 2017 10:23:29 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 19043: )
The successive SP4-GDR installation to above version upgraded the version to:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP4-GDR) (KB4583465) - 11.0.7507.2 (X64) Nov 1 2020 00:48:37 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 19043: )
Everything worked smoothly w/o any error or break.
ASKER
Thank you, for your help!
And then you may apply the KB4583465 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102625)