How to determine MSSQL version and edition?

How to determine MS SQL version and edition?

1. Go to Open Query Analyzer 
2. Paste sql script below
   
   SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')
3. Click on Execute button

There you can see the version and edition for Microsoft SQL server installed in your computer.

Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created

Facing issue when try to change the table structure in MSSQL 2012

Error Message

"Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created"

To solve this issue,


In Management Studio, click menu Tools -> Options -> Designers-> Uncheck "Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation

Go to change the table structure again, now it's work.

Hope this helps.