Re: SQL Server 6.5

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From: F (tflr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:24:26 +0200

Technically speaking, if the customer would obtain an upgrade to SQL 2000
application, is it possible to install it on SBS 2003 Standard?

It is a SQL RunTime application - the reason he doesn't need SBS Premium.

Thanks for support.

Florentina

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xn0dzy46z0000013@msnews.microsoft.com...
> F wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. One of our customers bought a SBS 2003
> > Standard and need to install an older SQL 6.5 application :-(
> >
> > This means that SQL 6.5 doesn't support Win 2003 Server?
> >
> > However, if the version of SQL is supported is it possible to install on
> SBS
> > Standard?
>
> You will not be able to install SQL 6.5.
>
> If you want SQL Server with SBS, you should get Premium, since it includes
> SQL2000 (and the SBS CALs then cover access).
>
> Your customer *needs* to get on with upgrading this application. They are
> currently unsupportable (MS won't talk to them about it at all!).
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> ---------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

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