backward compatability

Hi,
I was just wondering if you build a database in sql2005 and then save the
file(backup dbase) would it work to perform a restore from this file with
sql2000?
thanks.
Paul G
Software engineer.
Paul
No, it will not.
"Paul" <Paul@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I was just wondering if you build a database in sql2005 and then save the
> file(backup dbase) would it work to perform a restore from this file with
> sql2000?
> thanks.
> --
> Paul G
> Software engineer.
|||No.
Compatibility is forward only, typically for two versions. A SQL 7.0 backup
will restore to 2000 and 2005, but not 2008 (forthcoming).
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Paul" <Paul@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60AF58FA-67EE-4AF7-94A9-4AC5B3E34732@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I was just wondering if you build a database in sql2005 and then save the
> file(backup dbase) would it work to perform a restore from this file with
> sql2000?
> thanks.
> --
> Paul G
> Software engineer.
|||Ok thanks for the information, I will use 2000 to build the dbase since we
are using both 2000 production/ 2005 testing(production in near future) .
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:

> No.
> Compatibility is forward only, typically for two versions. A SQL 7.0 backup
> will restore to 2000 and 2005, but not 2008 (forthcoming).
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> "Paul" <Paul@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:60AF58FA-67EE-4AF7-94A9-4AC5B3E34732@.microsoft.com...
>
|||oops, someone asked the same question just a few posts earlier!
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Paul" wrote:
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> Ok thanks for the information, I will use 2000 to build the dbase since we
> are using both 2000 production/ 2005 testing(production in near future) .
> --
> Paul G
> Software engineer.
>
> "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: