• easy to grab what you need; here's a better example:

    select

    parsename(convert(varchar,serverproperty ('productversion')),4) As T4,

    parsename(convert(varchar,serverproperty ('productversion')),3) As T3,

    parsename(convert(varchar,serverproperty ('productversion')),2) As T2,

    parsename(convert(varchar,serverproperty ('productversion')),1) As T1

    --results:

    T4 T3 T2 T1

    -- --- ----- ---

    9 00 4035 00

    Lowell


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