Determine version of SQL Server from ADO.NET

Question

I need to determine the version of SQL Server (2000, 2005 or 2008 in this particular case) that a connection string connects a C# console application (.NET 2.0). Can anyone

Answer 1

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Server=localhost;Database=test;user=admin;password=123456;");
con.Open();
Text = con.ServerVersion;
con.Close();

con.ServerVersion will give you:

• 9.x.x for SQL Server 2005
• 10.x.x for SQL Server 2008