Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

For instance, if you copy a SQL 2000 database to SQL Server 2008, the new copy is an upgrade to the new internal format but retains a Compatibility Level of “80” which represents SQL 2000 aka SQL 8.0.

I need to use the copy datbase wizard to create a copy of a database on the same server. I know i can move it to another server with the and maintain the database name however i need to make a copy on ...

I need to copy a mass amount of tables in SQL Server to the same database (obviously renaming the tables). I need to include constraints, keys, indexes, etc, as well as data. (we need to copy an old ...

Reporting changes include integration with SharePoint Server 2007, SQL Server Analysis Services improvements including access to Hyperion Essbase cubes, and the ability to access Oracle data sources ...