propertyname

Is an expression that contains the property information to be returned for the server. propertyname can be one of the following values.

Property	Values returned
BuildClrVersion	Version of the Microsoft .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR) that was used while building the instance of SQL Server. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
Collation	Name of the default collation for the server. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
CollationID	ID of the SQL Server collation. Base data type: int
ComparisonStyle	Windows comparison style of the collation. Base data type: int
ComputerNamePhysicalNetBIOS	NetBIOS name of the local computer on which the instance of SQL Server is currently running. For a clustered instance of SQL Server on a failover cluster, this value changes as the instance of SQL Server fails over to other nodes in the failover cluster. On a stand-alone instance of SQL Server, this value remains constant and returns the same value as the MachineName property. Note: If the instance of SQL Server is in a failover cluster and you want to obtain the name of the failover clustered instance, use the MachineName property. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
Edition	Installed product edition of the instance of SQL Server. Use the value of this property to determine the features and the limits, such as maximum number of CPUs that are supported by the installed product. 64-bit versions of the Database Engine append (64-bit) to the version. Returns: 'Desktop Engine' (Not available for SQL Server.) 'Developer Edition' 'Enterprise Edition' 'Enterprise Evaluation Edition' 'Personal Edition'(Not available for SQL Server.) 'Standard Edition' 'Express Edition' 'Express Edition with Advanced Services' 'Workgroup Edition' 'Windows Embedded SQL' Base data type: nvarchar(128)
EditionID	Is an identification number that represents the installed product edition of the instance of SQL Server. Use the value of this property to determine features and limits, such as maximum number of CPUs that are supported by the installed product. -1253826760 = Desktop -1592396055 = Express -1534726760 = Standard 1333529388 = Workgroup 1804890536 = Enterprise -323382091 = Personal -2117995310 = Developer 610778273 = Enterprise Evaluation 1044790755 = Windows Embedded SQL 4161255391 = Express with Advanced Services Base data type: int
EngineEdition	Database Engine edition of the instance of SQL Server installed on the server. 1 = Personal or Desktop Engine (Not available for SQL Server.) 2 = Standard (This is returned for Standard and Workgroup.) 3 = Enterprise (This is returned for Enterprise, Enterprise Evaluation, and Developer.) 4 = Express (This is returned for Express, Express with Advanced Services, and Windows Embedded SQL.) Base data type: int
InstanceName	Name of the instance to which the user is connected. Returns NULL if the instance name is the default instance, if the input is not valid, or error. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
IsClustered	Server instance is configured in a failover cluster. 1 = Clustered. 0 = Not Clustered. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: int
IsFullTextInstalled	The full-text component is installed with the current instance of SQL Server. 1 = Full-text is installed. 0 = Full-text is not installed. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: int
IsIntegratedSecurityOnly	Server is in integrated security mode. 1 = Integrated security. 0 = Not integrated security. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: int
IsSingleUser	Server is in single-user mode. 1 = Single user. 0 = Not single user NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: int
LCID	Windows locale identifier (LCID) of the collation. Base data type: int
LicenseType	Mode of this instance of SQL Server. PER_SEAT = Per Seat mode PER_PROCESSOR = Per-processor mode DISABLED = Licensing is disabled. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
MachineName	Windows computer name on which the server instance is running. For a clustered instance, an instance of SQL Server running on a virtual server on Microsoft Cluster Service, it returns the name of the virtual server. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
NumLicenses	Number of client licenses registered for this instance of SQL Server if in Per Seat mode. Number of processors licensed for this instance of SQL Server if in per-processor mode. Returns NULL when the server is none of these. Base data type: int
ProcessID	Process ID of the SQL Server service. ProcessID is useful in identifying which Sqlservr.exe belongs to this instance. NULL = Input is not valid or an error. Base data type: int
ProductVersion	Version of the instance of SQL Server, in the form of 'major.minor.build'. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
ProductLevel	Level of the version of the instance of SQL Server. Returns one of the following: 'RTM' = Original release version 'SPn' = Service pack version 'CTP', = Community Technology Preview version Base data type: nvarchar(128)
ResourceLastUpdateDateTime	Returns the date and time that the Resource database was last updated. Base data type: datetime
ResourceVersion	Returns the version Resource database. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
ServerName	Both the Windows server and instance information associated with a specified instance of SQL Server. NULL = Input is not valid, or an error. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
SqlCharSet	The SQL character set ID from the collation ID. Base data type: tinyint
SqlCharSetName	The SQL character set name from the collation. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
SqlSortOrder	The SQL sort order ID from the collation Base data type: tinyint
SqlSortOrderName	The SQL sort order name from the collation. Base data type: nvarchar(128)
FilestreamShareName	The name of the share used by FILESTREAM.
FilestreamConfiguredLevel	The configured level of FILESTREAM access. For more information, see filestream access level.
FilestreamEffectiveLevel	The effective level of FILESTREAM access. This value can be different than the FilestreamConfiguredLevel if the level has changed and either an instance restart or a computer restart is pending. For more information, see filestream access level.

sql_variant

ServerName Property

EXEC sp_dropserver 'current_server_name';
GO
EXEC sp_addserver 'new_server_name', 'local';
GO

Version Properties

The following example uses the SERVERPROPERTY function in a SELECT statement to return information about the current server. This scenario is useful when there are multiple instances of SQL Server installed on a Windows server, and the client must open another connection to the same instance used by the current connection.

SELECT CONVERT(sysname, SERVERPROPERTY('servername'));
GO

The following example uses the SERVERPROPERTY function in a SELECT statement to return version information about the product.

SELECT
SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') AS ProductVersion,
SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel') AS ProductLevel,
SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') AS Edition,
SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') AS EngineEdition;
GO

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