{"id":5490,"date":"2022-08-29T01:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-vbscript-using-wmi-to-find-out-sql-server-version\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T01:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:19:56","slug":"solved-vbscript-using-wmi-to-find-out-sql-server-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-vbscript-using-wmi-to-find-out-sql-server-version\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-14363590\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"14363590\" data-parentid=\"14363102\" data-score=\"2\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Based on the code in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?fromgroups=#!topic\/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh\/MNtfPYXZhIA\">the first Google search result here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code>Dim WMI, Col, Prod, Q\nSet WMI = GetObject(\"WinMgmts:\")\nQ = \"Select * FROM Win32_Product WHERE Vendor = \" &amp; _\n    \"'Microsoft Corporation' AND Name LIKE 'SQL Server%Database Engine Services'\"\nSet Col = WMI.ExecQuery(Q)\nFor Each Prod in Col\n  if left(Prod.version, 3) = \"11.\" then\n    msgbox \"SQL Server 2012 was found!\" &amp; vbCrLf &amp; prod.version\n  elseif left(Prod.version, 4) = \"10.5\" then\n    msgbox \"SQL Server 2008 R2 was found!\" &amp; vbCrLf &amp; prod.version\n  end if\nNext\nSet Col = Nothing\nSet WMI = Nothing\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Note that WMI is not the fastest way to do this. Have you considered checking the registry directly instead of going through WMI?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong> given OP&#8217;s solution using the registry instead, and with the assumption that exactly one of 2008R2 or 2012 could be installed:<\/p>\n<pre><code>RegKey2012 = \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\\" &amp; _\n             \"Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\\\"\nIf RegKeyExists(RegKey2012) Then \n  WScript.StdOut.Write(\"2012\") \nElse \n  WScript.StdOut.Write(\"2008R2\") \nEnd If \n\nFunction RegKeyExists(Key) \n  Dim oShell, entry \n  On Error Resume Next \n  Set oShell = CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\") \n  entry = oShell.RegRead(Key) \n  If Err.Number &lt;&gt; 0 Then \n    Err.Clear \n    RegKeyExists = False \n  Else \n    Err.Clear \n    RegKeyExists = True \n  End If \nEnd Function\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">4<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Based on the code in the first Google search result here: Dim WMI, Col, Prod, Q Set WMI = GetObject(&#8220;WinMgmts:&#8221;) Q = &#8220;Select * FROM Win32_Product WHERE Vendor = &#8221; &amp; _ &#8220;&#8216;Microsoft Corporation&#8217; AND Name LIKE &#8216;SQL Server%Database Engine Services'&#8221; Set Col = WMI.ExecQuery(Q) For Each Prod in Col if left(Prod.version, 3) = &#8230; <a title=\"[Solved] VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-vbscript-using-wmi-to-find-out-sql-server-version\/\" aria-label=\"More on [Solved] VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[500,1403,1235],"class_list":["post-5490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved","tag-sql-server","tag-vbscript","tag-wmi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Solved] VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version - JassWeb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-vbscript-using-wmi-to-find-out-sql-server-version\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Solved] VBScript using WMI to find out SQL Server version - JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] Based on the code in the first Google search result here: Dim WMI, Col, Prod, Q Set WMI = GetObject(&quot;WinMgmts:&quot;) Q = &quot;Select * FROM Win32_Product WHERE Vendor = &quot; &amp; _ &quot;&#039;Microsoft Corporation&#039; AND Name LIKE &#039;SQL Server%Database Engine Services&#039;&quot; Set Col = WMI.ExecQuery(Q) For Each Prod in Col if left(Prod.version, 3) = ... 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