SQL 2012 Express end date of distribution

For SQL Server Express 2012 is there an end date for when a customer is no longer allowed to distribute it?
If so, what is that date? And where can we find it posted on a MS web page?
Does the customer need to register for SQL 2012 Express to get the redistribution rights as well?
Thanks

Hi Nikki,
As is mentioned in the article
Microsoft Support Lifecycle, SQL Server 2012 Express is supported until 2017, and the extended support end date of SQL Server 2012 Express is 12/07/2022.
However, SQL Server Express exists as a free SQL Server edition, fully compatible with and easily upgradeable to higher SQL Server editions. You can download SQL Server 2012 Express directly from below link and install it on your computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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2. Provide the output between two dates. Lets say, I have to do it for the last 14 weeks from sysdate. Then will the logic of week1 = 1 work?Use date arithmetic to get the number of days between the starting date and col2, then divide by 7 to get the number of weeks. Use that number instead of the value returned by TO_CHAR.
3. any suggestions if the counts have to be changed to percentages. How can we have the percentage value showingYou can do that. Exactly how depends on exactly what you want. It may involve using the analytic RATIO_TO_REPORT function in a sub-query. Post the exact results you want from the sample data that Ekh posted (or new sample data that you post), and explain how you get those results from that data.
4. Would we also be able to add a date bind value. Lets say, if the user selects start date as may, 1st, 2012 and end date as jun5th. It sort of shows the same data but in weekly format for the weeks between the period selected?Sure, just use those values in a WHERE clause. The output needs to have a fixed number of columns, however. Say that number is 14. You can give a range that only covers 5 weeks, but the output will have 9 0's at the end of every row. You can give a range that covers 15 or more weeks, but the weeks after 14 will not be shown. To get around that requires dynamic SQL (if you want each week in a real column) or string aggregation. See {message:id=3527823}
Point 3 is different from point 1 as in, the first one would be maybe using your logic but hardcoding for 14 weeks. Point three would be a little more dynamic.
Thanks for your time.
Sun
Edited by: sun1977 on Jun 7, 2012 2:28 AM
EXEC :start_dt_txt := '01-May-2012';
EXEC :end_dt_txt   := '05-Jun-2012';
WITH got_week_num AS
     SELECT col1, col2
     ,     1 + FLOOR ( (col2 - TO_DATE (:start_dt_txt, 'DD-Mon-YYYY'))
                     / 7
                 )     AS week_num
     FROM    t
     WHERE     col2     >= TO_DATE (:start_dt_txt, ':DD-Mon-YYYY')
     AND     col2     < TO_DATE (:end_dt_txt,   ':DD-Mon-YYYY') + 1
SELECT       col1
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 1 THEN 1 END)     AS week_1
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 2 THEN 1 END)     AS week_2
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 3 THEN 1 END)     AS week_3
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 4 THEN 1 END)     AS week_4
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 5 THEN 1 END)     AS week_5
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 6 THEN 1 END)     AS week_6
,       COUNT (CASE WHEN week_num = 14 THEN 1 END)     AS week_14
FROM       got_week_num
GROUP BY col1
ORDER BY col1
;Edited by: Frank Kulash on Jun 7, 2012 5:53 AM

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