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GMANAFIP
Starting Member
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Posted - 2009-07-13 : 07:59:54
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HelloI have a .BAK backup file in 2005 from a database that was migrated into 2005 under the 2000 compatibility mode. I now want to take that .BAK file and restore it to a development box in 2000. However, I getting errors "cannot process this media family". Does 2005 change the database so that it is now not backwards compatible? |
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2009-07-13 : 08:36:02
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I would have thought so as they are two different engines and the compatibility mode just adds a few extra .dlls into the mix. |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2009-07-13 : 10:12:56
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You cannot restore a database backup from a SQL 2005 database server to a SQL 2000 server.CODO ERGO SUM |
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2009-07-13 : 11:10:35
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Sorry, should have made myself clear, I was answering OPs last sentence. |
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