Moving a database SQL Server 6.5

  • I`ve been comissioned to move an SQL Server 6.5 database from one server to another (SQL Server 6.5 too). Whats the best and safest way to go about this?

    Andy.

  • Backup and restore. This will not move logins, but you can move these by extracting them from master..syslogins and adding them to the new server.

    A better idea is to install SQL 2000 (if oyu can) on a new server and upgrade the v6.5 server. You can run 2000 in v6.5 compatibility and not worry about keywords, etc.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • Thx for the input, I`ll try it this way first. I`d like to upgrade but the Server is the backend database of an old system that can`t be upgraded!!

    Cheers,

    Andy.

  • Good luck, feel free to post if you have issues.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

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