End of Service Pack Support for SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM

We would like to remind all customers that Service Pack Support for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on January 12, 2010 and support for SQL Server 2008 RTM will end on April 13, 2010. Microsoft is ending support for these products as part of our Service Pack support policy, found in https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle.

Both SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM will no longer receive assisted support or security updates from Microsoft after their respective end of support dates. Self-Help online support will continue to be available for a minimum of 12 months after the product reaches the end of support. Self-Help options include public knowledge base articles, FAQs, troubleshooting tools which are typically available from https://support.microsoft.com and the Microsoft Download Center.

Customers are encouraged to prepare and execute on their upgrade and/or sustained engineering plans as early as possible for these SQL versions. Remaining current on your service pack installation ensures that your products remain supported per the Support Lifecycle policy. Additionally, your software benefits from the many enhancements, fixes, and security updates provided through the latest service pack.

For Premier Support customers who anticipate they will not be able to complete their migration for these products by the transition date and need additional support from Microsoft, Custom Support is also available for purchase. Please contact your Technical Account Manager, Account Representative or Application Development consultant for details.

Below is a more detailed table listing versions in or close to end of the support cycle, together with possible options / actions.

Product	Version	SP	Mainstream Support End Date	Extended Support End Date	Options / Notes
SQL Server	2000	SP4	04/08/2008	04/09/2013	Technical support continues till 04/09/2013, yet mainstream (hotfix) support ends as of 04/08/2008; options for hotfix support after 04/08/2008: ð  Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1 ð  Extended support agreement
SQL Server	2005	RTM (SP0)	07/10/2007	07/10/2007	Technical support ends as of 07/10/2007; options for technical and/or hotfix support after this date: ð  Continue with self-help ð  Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1
SQL Server	2005	SP1	04/08/2008	Not Applicable	Technical support ends as of 04/08/2008; options for technical and/or hotfix support after this date: ð  Continue with self-help ð  Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1
SQL Server	2005	SP2	01/12/2010	Not Applicable	Technical support ends as of 01/12/2010; options for technical and/or hotfix support after this date: ð  Continue with self-help ð  Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 SP3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1 ð  Custom support agreement
SQL Server	2005	SP3	See Options/Notes		Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. Visit the Lifecycle page to find the support timelines for your particular product.
SQL Server	2008	RTM (SP0)	04/13/2010	Not Applicable	Technical support ends as of 04/13/2010; options for technical and/or hotfix support after this date: ð  Continue with self-help ð  Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 SP1 ð  Custom support agreement
SQL Server	2008	SP1	See Options/Notes		Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. Visit the Lifecycle page to find the support timelines for your particular product.

 

Thank you,

Christina Gendrano

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 21, 2010
  How and where do I get SP 3 to update my computer?

• Anonymous
  July 22, 2010
  Hi Kathy - I am assuming you are looking for where to get SQL Server 2005 SP3.  You can find the information in support.microsoft.com/.../913089. Thanks!

• Anonymous
  October 13, 2010
  The comment has been removed

• Anonymous
  December 17, 2010
  Aman - popular sites that post SQL versions include: • www.sqlteam.com/.../sql-server-versions • sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com • sqlsecurity.com/.../Default.aspx

• Anonymous
  December 20, 2010
  SQL Server 2005 mainstream support phase ends on April/2011. After that, Can I consider SQL Server 2005 as a back level version?

• Anonymous
  December 02, 2012
  hi, i am having trouble with my sql procedure, i want to select a couple of records from a view and populate them into a table by first deleting all content of that table, and then selecting all the table records. here are my code listing, any one got idea how to go by it? USE [db_bamigration] GO ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetExcel]--(@PIN VARCHAR(50)) -- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here -- @PIN VARCHAR(50) AS DELETE FROM GetExcelDataMain go INSERT INTO GetExcelDataMain      ([PIN]      ,[FNAME]      ,[MNAME]      ,[LNAME]      ,[EMPLOYER]      ,[ADDRESS]      ,[SOP]      ,[DOFC]      ,[CUM_NET_CONT]      ,[CUM_WITHDRAWAL]      ,[NET_CONT]      ,[CUM_GAIN]      ,[CURRENT_VAL]      ,[CUM_UNIT_PURCHASED]      ,[UNIT_PRICE]      ,[STMTPERIOD]      ,[ROWID]      ,[EFFECTIVEDATE]      ,[MONTH]      ,[DESCID]      ,[AMOUNT]      ,[MANDATORY]      ,[LEGACY]      ,[VOLUNTARY]      ,[UNITPURCHASED]      ,[UNITPRICE]      ,[NETCONT]      ,[MONTHID]      ,[PrnOrder]      ,[UserID]      ,[period]      ,[year]) SELECT [PIN]      ,[FNAME]      ,[MNAME]      ,[LNAME]      ,[EMPLOYER]      ,[ADDRESS]      ,[SOP]      ,[DOFC]      ,[CUM_NET_CONT]      ,[CUM_WITHDRAWAL]      ,[NET_CONT]      ,[CUM_GAIN]      ,[CURRENT_VAL]      ,[CUM_UNIT_PURCHASED]      ,[UNIT_PRICE]      ,[STMTPERIOD]      ,[ROWID]      ,[EFFECTIVEDATE]      ,[MONTH]      ,[DESCID]      ,[AMOUNT]      ,[MANDATORY]      ,[LEGACY]      ,[VOLUNTARY]      ,[UNITPURCHASED]      ,[UNITPRICE]      ,[NETCONT]      ,[MONTHID]      ,[PrnOrder]      ,[UserID],substring(month,1,3) as period, substring(month,5,4) as [year] FROM [db_bamigration].[dbo].[GetExcelData]    Where PIN='PEN100125546717'    Order By [year],MonthID,DESCID GO Select * from dbo.GetExcelDataMain GO