SQL Server Compact Release Versions

 

This blog post is meant to give different build version numbers of our SQL Server Compact Releases. This blog post is a living one and gets updated for every release we make.

 

Before getting into the mapping, first you want to know the version you are having. There are multiple means: 

Registry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\*\DesktopRuntimeVersion

File Properties: Check file properties of some SQL CE DLL and check for "File version" the first line of version tab

 

Product Name

Release Vehicle

Version

SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition

Visual Studio 2005 RTM

3.0.5206

SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition

SQL Server 2005 RTM

3.0.5207

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

Visual Studio 2005 SP1

3.0.5300

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

SQL Server 2005 SP2

3.0.5300

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

Download Center

3.0.5300

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

Windows Mobile 6.0

3.0.5289

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta1

Visual Studio 2008 Beta1

3.5.5339

SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta2

Visual Studio 2008 Beta2

3.5.5365

SQL Server Compact 3.5 RTM

Visual Studio 2008 RTM

3.5.5386

SQL Server Compact 3.5 RTM

Download Center

3.5.5386

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta

SQL Server 2008 CTP5 OR

SQL Server 2008 Nov07 CTP

3.5.5608

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta for ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider Beta

Download Center

3.5.5626

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta

SQL Server 2008 CTP6 OR

SQL Server 2008 Feb08 CTP

3.5.5626

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 RTM

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM

3.5.5

6

92

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 RTM

SQL Server 2008 RTM

3.5.5

6

92

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 RTM 

with .NET Framework 4 Beta Support

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 

3.5.5802 

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2

3.5.8044 

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta for Windows Desktop Web Download

3.5.8049 

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Release Candidate

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate

3.5.8078 

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2

1. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 RTM

2. SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 for Windows Desktop

3.5.8080 

 

 

 

 

 

Update: This information is now available as a KB Article 950550. The KB article list only the final release versions and not beta/CTP/alpha versions.

 

Thanks,

Laxmi Narsimha Rao ORUGANTI