I need to be able to detect (during the installation of my application) if a machine that is part of a cluster is running version 7 of SQL server. Can I do this by reading the registry? If so, what registry entries am I looking for

TIA
jam

you can check hklm\cluster to see if the key is there for a cluster node
also , if you have a clustered sql instance, there should resource for it under the cluster\resources key.

You can look at the registry for the following key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MSSQLSERVER\MSSQLSERVER\Cu rrentVersion.

The value should be 7.00.623

Rand
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If this key exists, then can I also assume that the
machine is part of a cluster? Or would I still need to
look for the cluster key under hkey_local_machine?
Thanks!

Do you know what the value should be for sql server 6.5?
TIA!