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 SQL Server 6.5 SP5 Required?

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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-18 : 10:22:27
Desktop "support" made their rampage last night in their effort to "standardize" the company to Windows 2k (just in time for the next release).

ANYWAY...ALL of my client tools are gone...I mean all SQL, ERWIN, Artisan...

I installed 6.5 no problem, and now it's telling me to install 2k, that 6.5 sp5 is required for this installation....huh?

I don't remember this problem...

Looked to try and unistall 6.5, but it's not in the add/remove program list....

HELP!



Brett

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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-18 : 11:43:15
Never mind....



Brett

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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-18 : 12:27:24
How cool...I unistalled 6.5 and now I can install 2k...

These are just client tools we're talking about....

Micropain



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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-18 : 12:38:33
To answer your original question, yes you need service pack 5a for SQL Server 6.5 in order to install SQL Server 2000. You've already got 6.5 uninstalled, but for others looking for this answer you remove 6.5 through the SQL setup program.

That sucks what desktop support did to your machine. Did they send an e-mail out letting people know about the drastic change?

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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2003-11-18 : 12:55:15
Hey they formatted the hard drive...

Corporate directive...

Just happen to be one of the lucky first ones...

Now their global groups are screwed up, and I can't connect to my servers in Ireland (The outsourcing thing....)

I'll just have to walk my "resource" through it over the phone...too bad...

(PS Save everything to the network!)

And I did install the service pack 6.5a


Brett

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