This blog post is meant to give different build version numbers of our SQL Server Compact Releases. This blog post is a living one and gets updated for every release we make.
Before getting into the mapping, first you want to know the version you are having. There are multiple means:
Registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\*\DesktopRuntimeVersion
File Properties: Check file properties of some SQL CE DLL and check for "File version" the first line of version tab
Product Name
Release Vehicle
Version
SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
Visual Studio 2005 RTM
3.0.5206
SQL Server 2005 RTM
3.0.5207
SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
Visual Studio 2005 SP1
3.0.5300
SQL Server 2005 SP2
Download Center
Windows Mobile 6.0
3.0.5289
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta1
Visual Studio 2008 Beta1
3.5.5339
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Beta2
Visual Studio 2008 Beta2
3.5.5365
SQL Server Compact 3.5 RTM
Visual Studio 2008 RTM
3.5.5386
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta
SQL Server 2008 CTP5 OR
SQL Server 2008 Nov07 CTP
3.5.5608
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta for ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider Beta
3.5.5626
SQL Server 2008 CTP6 OR
SQL Server 2008 Feb08 CTP
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 RTM
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM
SQL Server 2008 RTM
3.5.5692
with .NET Framework 4 Beta Support
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
3.5.5802
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2
3.5.8044
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Beta for Windows Desktop Web Download
3.5.8049
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 Release Candidate
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate
3.5.8078
SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2
1. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 RTM
2. SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 for Windows Desktop
3.5.8080
Update: This information is now available as a KB Article 950550. The KB article list only the final release versions and not beta/CTP/alpha versions.
Thanks,
Laxmi Narsimha Rao ORUGANTI