Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 07/01/05 00:54

lcifers (lcifers@yahoo.com) writes:
> First off, sorry if my cross posting offends anyone. I'm posting this
> in Access and SQL Server groups - not sure which one is appropriate.
>
> I have a relatively simple ASP.NET/VB.NET application that is now
> hitting an Access 2000 database over an intranet. We have to migrate
> the database to SQL Server 7. My experience with ASP.NET is pretty
> limited and my experience with SQL Server is nonexistent.
>
> We have an MSDN subscription, so I went to the downloads section to get
> SQL Server 7. Guess what? SQL Server 6.5 is available, as is 2000 and
> 2005, but no SQL Server 7. So my first question is, does anyone know if
> it is available for MSDN subscribers?

I have no idea how to get access to SQL 7, and I will have to say that
I would reconsider migrating to SQL 7, now when SQL 2000 has been out
for so long, and SQL 2005 is just around the corner.

What could be an option, is to use SQL 2000, but set the compatibility
mode to 70, to avoid use of SQL 2000-specific features.


(By the way, if anyone wonders why SQL 6.5 is available on MSDN, it's
probably because every now and then people appear who have a backup or
a device file from 6.5, and SQL 6.5 is the only program that can read
such a file.)

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp

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