Execute SQL Server 7 DTS on SQL Server 2008 - sql

I believe its possible to run SQL 2000 DTS packages on 2008 with a compatability layer. But is it possible to do the same with DTS packages created on SQL 7? Is there any MS KB or note that points out if this is even a possibility.

Haven't found the KB article at Microsoft yet, but here's a bit more info. Doesn't look like you can do what you want w/o moving to SSIS.
Version of SQL Server that can be reverted to can be one of the following:
60 = SQL Server 6.0
65 = SQL Server 6.5
70 = SQL Server 7.0
80 = SQL Server 2000
90 = SQL Server 2005
100 = SQL Server 2008
Note: Compatibility level 60, 65, and 70 [are] no longer available in SQL Server 2008. And future version[s] of SQL Server will support only two (2) prior version[s] of backward compatibility.

Maybe 2005 but not SQL Server 2008. Can you not move it to SSIS?

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Is IS_ROLEMEMBER available in SQL Server 2012 or 2008R2

Are these functions available in SQL Server 2012 or older?
select IS_ROLEMEMBER ('db_owner');
select IS_SRVROLEMEMBER ('sysadmin');
I can not find any compatibility information in the online documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/is-rolemember-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15
Is_RoleMember was introduced in SQL Server 2012.
Is_SrvRoleMember was introduced in SQL Server 2005 itself.
You can see when a particular feature was introduced by going through below links. These changes are coming under Database Engine Enhancements => Database Engine Security Enhancements
What is New in SQL 2005
What is New in SQL 2012
To see all the historical information about SQL Server versions, below link is very helpful: https://www.sqlshack.com/history-sql-server-evolution-sql-server-features/

Replication from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2012

I was wondering if there are any problems with having a SQL Server 2012 replication publisher together with some SQL Server 2005 replication subscribers?
Does anybody have some documentation from Microsoft regarding this?
I'm asking because a colleague of mine keeps telling us that it will not work.
Does it also go the other way around? (2012 = Subscriber & 2005 = Publisher)
Thanks
Zarkos
Depends on the type of replication that you're using...
From MSDN:
A Subscriber to a transactional publication can be any version within two versions of the Publisher version. For example: a SQL
Server 2005 Publisher running can have SQL Server 2012 Subscribers;
and a SQL Server 2012 Publisher can have SQL Server 2005
Subscribers.
A Subscriber to a merge publication can be any version less than or equal to the Publisher version.

Running SQL 2008 Express in '2005' mode

currently i have SQL 2005 Express installed and wish to upgrade to 2008 express to gain the extra dbase limit (10gb)
my question is, if i run 2008 express in 2005 mode will this trunkate the dbase to the 2005 limit of 4gb or will it remain at the 2008 limit of 10gb?
Chris
Do you mean the database compatibility level set to 90 ?
It will be 10GB AFAIK.

Convert SQL Server 2000 to 2005

I have a SQL Server 2000 database and I want to convert it to SQL Server 2005
It should be possible to attach or restore a SQL 2000 backup into a SQL 2005 server.

SQL Server 2000 vs SQL Server 2008 Query Performance

I'm working with a client who had a SQL Server 2008 converted from a SQL Server 2000 DB and one of the queries has quite dramatically increased in time since it was on SQL Server 2000.
However, if I change the compatibility level to 2008 in the DB, the query goes like a rocket (40-50 times faster).
The query does use a number of UDFs.
My questions:
- are there issues with running SQL2000 compatibility in SQL Server 2008
- has SQL Server 2008 improved the performance when using UDFs?
There are some other things you might want to do after upgrading. See the "After upgrading..." section here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933942.aspx