Comments on: Microsoft Update offering SQL Server 2012 SP1 Cumulative Update 2

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:16:12 +0000

In reply to Clayton. Well, while you a connected to your SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition instance from SSMS, just do a SELECT @@VERSION to see what build your Express Edition instance is running. Then you can decide whether you need or want to install a newer build or not.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:48:27 +0000

Very confused, very nervous. I installed SQL Server 2012 Management Tools “SP1” last week on top of SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (2008 required by my application). Now, Windows Update suddenly says I need SP1 for the SQLS 2012 part.

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:00:17 +0000

In reply to JohnW. Yes, that is actually the case, that it is just a special case for that problem. I got confirmation of that from Microsoft, and I have updated the blog post with that information.

By: JohnW

JohnW — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:36:15 +0000

Glenn, I wonder if this is a one-off, related to the msiexec issue that was resolved in SP1 CU2.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2013/02/14/recommended-sql-server-2012-sp1-hotfix-available-for-msiexec-issue-kb2793634.aspx

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:54:28 +0000

Probably the best thing to do is to not let Microsoft Update actually update your SQL Server instances (at least until we understand what it will do), and just do it manually. I don’t mind it telling people about an update that they might not know is available (although the language they use is a little confusing).

By: Aaron Bertrand

Aaron Bertrand — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:48:16 +0000

Good catch Glenn! Also I wonder what happens if you have multiple instances on your machine. I hope – like with IE and a few other components – Microsoft Update merely launches the CU setup for you, where you can pick the instance(s) to patch, rather than just blindly apply the update to all instances. I sometimes keep instances at a certain build # on purpose.