>>>I am about to download and install SQL Server 2008 express on customer server. I found MS page that seems to be the right one (
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=23650 ). But what makes me wonder if I am on the right page is that it says the date published is 04/20/2010. Didn't MS have a more recent version of SQL Server 2008 R2 (not 2012)?
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>>You will need to install SP2 after that.
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>Are there major issues in SQL 2008 that I have to apply SP2?
For SQL Server you always need to be on the latest SP.
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