checking compatibility level on SQL 2005

  • I am reviewing a SQL 2005 instance with multiple databases. One has been set to SQL 7 compatibilty mode.

    Is there a way to check this DB to determine if it can be changed to SQL 2005 mode? SQL Analyzer will not run accross a SQL 2005. Does anyone know of another method to test this one DB?

  • SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor?

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1470e86b-7e05-4322-a677-95ab44f12d75&displaylang=en

    Give it a try, I don't know if it'll work in your case, it should

    SQLServerNewbieMCITP: Database Administrator SQL Server 2005
  • Obviously change to the database name you want to check...

    exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'master'



    A.J.
    DBA with an attitude

  • I tried this, it wont run across SQL 2005.

    Problem with this client is that no one has left documentation.

  • What happens when you try to run this in Management Studio? Do you get an error? What happens?



    A.J.
    DBA with an attitude

  • Thank you for your responce

    Sorry, misunderstanding. My reply was to the suggestion to run the Upgrade Analyzer which does not run on SQL 2005. However, I did run the command above on the databases and it only returned what I already knew. That being the database is set to SQL 7.0 compatibility mode.

    I was hoping to test this database to see if I could raise it to 2005 mode.

    Any further suggestions would be appreciated

    thank you

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