upgrade fail from sql2008 to sql 2012

• sej2008

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  August 24, 2014 at 7:09 am

  #290066

  I am working on windows server 2008(32bit)enterprise edition of OS and have installed sql 2008 enterprise and sql 2012 enterprise(32 bit) side by side.Now I want to upgrade my sql 2008 instance to Sql 2012.

  I did apply sp2 for sql2008 before starting upgrading to sql 2012.

  I went to Installation media center of Sql 2012 and tried through wizard to upgrade but it gives message as follows

  You can not upgrade to this release and no features are available to upgrade.

  What is wrong here.

• mr_belpitt

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  September 2, 2014 at 12:28 am

  #1742293

  This site states that you need SP3 installed if you are using SQL2008 (not R2, which needs SP2)

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx

• quackhandle1975

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  September 2, 2014 at 8:52 am

  #1742473

  If possible it might be an idea to have your SQL 2012 instance on a Windows 2012 Server OS.

  Check this out from Kendra Little.[/url]

  qh

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