How to find the SQL server version from Query Analyser

Answer1
To determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is running, connect to SQL Server 2005 by using SQL Server Management Studio, and then run the following Transact-SQL statement:
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(’productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (’productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (’edition’)
The results are:
• The product version (for example, “9.00.1399.06?)
. • The product level (for example, “RTM”).
• The edition (for example, “Enterprise Edition”).
For example, the result looks similar to:
9.00.1399.06 RTM Enterprise Edition

How to determine which version of SQL Server 2000 is running
To determine which version of SQL Server 2000 is running, connect to SQL Server 2000 by using Query Analyzer, and then run the following code:
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(’productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (’productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (’edition’)
The results are:
• The product version (for example, 8.00.534).
• The product level (for example, “RTM” or “SP2?).
• The edition (for example, “Standard Edition”). For example, the result looks similar to
:
8.00.534 RTM Standard Edition

Answer2
One can also use SELECT @@Version where the result would look like
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.1399.06 (Intel X86)
Oct 14 2005 00:33:37
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