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SQL Server 2000 download?Where can I get an evaluation copy of SQL Server 2000? I have followed all
the links and they all point me to SQL Server 2005. We are having lots of problems (connection issues) with SQL Server 2005 Express and from what I have read, the full version also has the same issues. So please send me links to download an eval copy of SQL Server 2000 (we plan to move to a permanent server later which already has a copy) for Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. TIA, Anil
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb331729.aspx Show quote "Anil Gupte" <anil-l***@icinema.com> wrote in message news:OPKJr$ZMIHA.3852@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Where can I get an evaluation copy of SQL Server 2000? I have followed > all the links and they all point me to SQL Server 2005. We are having > lots of problems (connection issues) with SQL Server 2005 Express and from > what I have read, the full version also has the same issues. > > So please send me links to download an eval copy of SQL Server 2000 (we > plan to move to a permanent server later which already has a copy) for > Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. > > TIA, > -- > Anil Gupte > www.keeninc.net > www.icinema.com > > You should go to the new versions like SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2000 is,
as the name says, 7 years old and its support is going away soon. You should focus on fixing those connection issues instead. Perhaps somebody here should be able to help. Hope this helps, Ben Nevarez Senior Database Administrator AIG SunAmerica Show quote "Anil Gupte" wrote: > Where can I get an evaluation copy of SQL Server 2000? I have followed all > the links and they all point me to SQL Server 2005. We are having lots of > problems (connection issues) with SQL Server 2005 Express and from what I > have read, the full version also has the same issues. > > So please send me links to download an eval copy of SQL Server 2000 (we plan > to move to a permanent server later which already has a copy) for Windows > 2003 Enterprise Server. > > TIA, > -- > Anil Gupte > www.keeninc.net > www.icinema.com > > > It is not just me having issues - I hve seen a lot of messages on various
forums that say the same thing. Besides, I hate to be a pioneer on new versions of the software. I usually wait for at least one service pack before adopting new software. Thanx, Show quote "Ben Nevarez" <BenNeva***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:00EE6AFB-9A77-4A06-8443-159056A6E402@microsoft.com... > > You should go to the new versions like SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2000 > is, > as the name says, 7 years old and its support is going away soon. > > You should focus on fixing those connection issues instead. Perhaps > somebody > here should be able to help. > > Hope this helps, > > Ben Nevarez > Senior Database Administrator > AIG SunAmerica > > > > "Anil Gupte" wrote: > >> Where can I get an evaluation copy of SQL Server 2000? I have followed >> all >> the links and they all point me to SQL Server 2005. We are having lots >> of >> problems (connection issues) with SQL Server 2005 Express and from what I >> have read, the full version also has the same issues. >> >> So please send me links to download an eval copy of SQL Server 2000 (we >> plan >> to move to a permanent server later which already has a copy) for Windows >> 2003 Enterprise Server. >> >> TIA, >> -- >> Anil Gupte >> www.keeninc.net >> www.icinema.com >> >> >> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:55:30 +0530, "Anil Gupte"
<anil-l***@icinema.com> wrote: >It is not just me having issues - I hve seen a lot of messages on various Then SQL Server 2005 sounds like what you want. Not only has it been>forums that say the same thing. Besides, I hate to be a pioneer on new >versions of the software. I usually wait for at least one service pack >before adopting new software. > >Thanx, out for two years, so it is hardly new. And since 2005 is at Service Pack 2 it more than fulfills your "at least one service pack" requirement. In fact 2005 is to be replaced next year by SQL Server 2008, so it hardly makes sense to look at anything older than 2005. I assure you that connection issues are not the norm, whatever problems you have had so far. Roy Harvey Beacon Falls, CT Thanx, maybe I will revisit this issue when the project is accepted ad we
have a breather, but right now I am under the gun. I don't know why we are having problems, but our Applicaiton which works fine with our local SQL 2000 server seems to burp with 2005. Every now and then we will get errors saying the SQL Server connection cannot be made and we just wait a few minutes and it works fine. Thanx, Show quote "Roy Harvey (SQL Server MVP)" <roy_har***@snet.net> wrote in message news:mfdrk3lp8b0vmi0fcb64h8hi5s9kl1thk3@4ax.com... > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:55:30 +0530, "Anil Gupte" > <anil-l***@icinema.com> wrote: > >>It is not just me having issues - I hve seen a lot of messages on various >>forums that say the same thing. Besides, I hate to be a pioneer on new >>versions of the software. I usually wait for at least one service pack >>before adopting new software. >> >>Thanx, > > Then SQL Server 2005 sounds like what you want. Not only has it been > out for two years, so it is hardly new. And since 2005 is at Service > Pack 2 it more than fulfills your "at least one service pack" > requirement. In fact 2005 is to be replaced next year by SQL Server > 2008, so it hardly makes sense to look at anything older than 2005. > > I assure you that connection issues are not the norm, whatever > problems you have had so far. > > Roy Harvey > Beacon Falls, CT Anil Gupte wrote:
> It is not just me having issues - I hve seen a lot of messages on various SQL Server 2005 is not new software. It has 2 Service Packs already> forums that say the same thing. Besides, I hate to be a pioneer on new > versions of the software. I usually wait for at least one service pack > before adopting new software. > > Thanx, > -- > Anil Gupte > www.keeninc.net > www.icinema.com > and if you haven't installed SP2 (and the post-SP2 hotfixes) yet then you should do so because maybe they fix the problems you have had. Of course the same issues will come up many times in forums. That doesn't reflect a fundamental problem with the product. There are millions of people successfully using SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2000 enters the final phase of its support lifecycle next year. Only critical security fixes (if any) will be released beyond April. Given the huge advances in 2005 and given that SQL Server 2008 is due soon I think you'd be crazy to install 2000 unless you were forced to for compatibility reasons. -- David Portas  |
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