Accessing v 7 dbase from sql server 2005 enterprise edition

Question

Hi, i would appreciate any help with this issue i have come across when trying to access a version 7 dbase from within sql server 2005.
The error message is telling me that "This version of SQL server man studio can only be used to connect to SQL Server 2000 and SQL servers 2005"
I am new with SQL server so ill explain how im accessing it. I am connecting a server with sql 2005 on it via net support then through this trying to access another server with v 7 on it.
Thanks for the help in advance.

Answer 1

I see little purpose in resurrecting or "cleaning out" these threads.  I cannot see that asking the OP if the problem still persists after 6 years has any useful purpose - and someone follows along shortly afterwards (since the thread has now risen
to the front of the forum) with a post that he then marks as an answer.  It looks like there are over 900 threads in this forum alone that are unanswered - and I'll guess that this forum has significantly less volume than some of the others (9100 in tsql).
 If MS wants to apply manpower to that, so be it.  But immediately following a "is this still a problem" post with  a suggestion/mark as answer does not seem to do much beyond generate volume.  At a minimum it is inappropriate for someone
to propose one's own post as an answer regardless of their official forum position.  
And if we follow this cleanup logic, what is accomplished if the OP never responds?  Odds are that there will be none, so why bother? Alternatively, just actually mark the thread as answered with some sort of "cleanup, no response from OP" post.  The
end result is the same. 
Well, no one cared enough to answer his question 5 years ago. I want to change that. My time machine is broken right now, but I can still check to see if people still care about their issues. Because I care. Even if it's old. We should all care.
I understand that not everyone sees the value of asking about a 5-year old question. But what exactly does it hurt? How does showing I care about the person become a problem? We made you read it? Is that the problem?
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