This is good. Thank you.
>Yes, you can have instances of 2008 and 2008 R2 on the same box, express or developer.
>
>>First, thank you. Do you know if 2008R2 Express can be installed in addition to the already installed 2008 Express? So that I don't have to patch the existing database but only to add a new one?
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>>>If DB from 2008R2 don't use any feature from enterprise edition, you can install 2008 R2 express edition and restore DB.
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>>>MartinaJ
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I need to "copy" customer database to my SQL server 2008 database. My SQL server is 2008 (10.00.5500) and the customer's is SQL 2008 R2 (10.50.1600). Of course when I try to restore their .bak file I get message that it can't be done.
>>>>I am concerned that upgrading my SQL server to R2 may not be practical. Can anyone suggest an alternative way of accomplishing that task? TIA
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