Thanks a lot for your post Scott. I'm performing a multi step upgrade from 32bit SQL 2000 to 64bit SQL 2005. I first perform an in place upgrade...

I don't have any replication in my environment (luckily from the sounds of it), but I do remember in one of the upgrade Technet webcasts them mentioning that there was...

Thanks for the input. I plan on building several test boxes to try out both my in place scheme as well as migration from 32bit 2000 to 64bit 2005...

Thanks again. I'm sitting here during a break in the 2780 class and I thought up another scenario. What if I do an inplace upgrade of my SQL...

Thanks Greg,

So I can script a job on 2000 and it should be created fine on 2005?

Also thanks for the tips on DTS, I know that will be a pain...

Hi Joe,

I'll be doing this exact scenario and my existing 32bit servers have Oracle linked servers. Can you give me the blow by blow on getting those set up...