Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 11/16/05 01:07

Laphan (info@SpamMeNot.co.uk) writes:
> I know that if SQL 6.5 was on a server and you then install SQL 2000 on
> it you get the wizard option to upgrade an SQL 6.5 DB to 2000, but I
> don't have the luxury of this.
>
> I have an SQL 6.5 DB, which I want to convert, but only SQL 2000 on my
> server.
>
> Do you know what options I have available to me to perform this upgrade
> with what I have? Are there any free external tools that can do this
> conversion for me other than the switch wizard?

There is exactly one tool in this world that can read a 6.5 database,
and that's SQL Server 6.5.

If you have access to MSDN Subscriber Downloads, SQL 6.5 is available
there.


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

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
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