Saturday, February 25, 2012

64 bit SQL Express

Can some one provide the link to download SQLEXPRESS.EXE (the 64 bit version) not SQLEXPRESS32.EXE (the 32 bit version).http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=83387|||Thanks Euan. Is documentation on the 64 bit version available?|||At the basic level there are no differences between the 2 versions(in reality once you get into more advanced features of Workgroup there are diffs)|||

To be exact, there is not a 64-bit version of SQL Express, so there is no unique documentation for it. SQL Express 2005 only has a 32-bit version, the difference between the two packages, SQLEXPR32.EXE and SQLEXPR.EXE is that the latter contains the files required to run SQL Express in Windows on Windows (Wow) on x64 operating systems, but it's still 32-bit. Either package will install onto 32-bit OS, but only the second one can install on 64-bit. We did this to allow for a smaller download size if you know your gong to always install to 32-bit, which is the case for most Express users.

Mike

|||What about SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services? Is it contains files requred on x64 platforms like SQLEXPR.EXE?

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