THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!

I couldn't find that for the life of me.

I have no sql2k5 training and due to our wonderful economy I was told I wasn't going to...

also, how can I manage all my sql2k5 instances from my PC? or do i have to register all my sql2k5 instances from another sql2k5 Server and manage everything from...

Thanks Russell. I'll check them out.

...russ

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks Garadin. I have recently joined this forum and will continue to read through it.

...russ

Thanks to all for the help!

I currently run transaction log backups 4 times per day. I suppose I should increase this.

The server is at SQL2K with sp4

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.2039 (Intel X86)...

Thanks for that info Grant and Dcorbitt.

I'm upgrading from SQL 2000 STANDARD edition to SQL 2005 STANDARD edition and am currently checking out the SQL Upgrade Advisor, trying to understand...

Thanks again, I shall do that.

I'm checking out the SQL Upgrade Advisor now to see what I can learn from that.

Thanks Ruprecht for that quick response about the database question.

What's the best path for upgrading my SQL2000 Instance? When I run SQL2K5 setup on the SQL2K server will it prompt...

GSquared (1/13/2009)

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You'd have to ask a Microsoft employee or PR or some such to get a definite answer on your original question. For all I know, they test the...

Thanks for your quick response.

I just find it incredible that any published software (be it a new release, patch, CU or whatever) is NOT sent through the hoops and fully...

Thanks ALZDBA !

What about my existing databases. Do I perform some kind of upgrade on them?

I have a SQL 2005 with service pack 1 instance.

1) Can I upgrade directly from sp1 to sp3?

2) Should I apply any other PATCHES/CU etc., after I upgrade to sp3?

3)...

Thanks for your quick response Gail !

Thats what I needed to know.