SQL 2000 or SQL 2005

Dear All,
I want to know which SQL database you think is secure and safe for SAP Business One 2005B.
Should the client install SQL 2000 or SQl 2005. What is your exprience for it.
Regards

I would say more than Security, SQL Server 2005 is recommended for SBO2005.
Please read documentation available on this Page.
https://websmp108.sap-ag.de/smb/sbo/documentation
Suda

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msbase.jar,mssqlserver.jar and msutil.jar.
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Database restore from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 for SBO 2005B

Hi Everyone,
I am facing some problems in regards to the restore of SBO Database from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005.
Let me explain you the problem.
See I am using SAP B1 2005B with patch level 38 in my laptop with SQL 2000. I have made an company in this and done work in it as a production company and now I want to restore this company in the server which has SQL 2005. How to do it.
I have taken a backup in my laptop from SAP B1 Server Suite Manager which has SQL 2000 and sucessfully backed up but when I am trying to restore in the server which has SQL 2005 I am getting the following error in SQL 2005 in server :-
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Hi,
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once this had created right click on your new database > tasks > restore database
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in the options tab tick overwrite database, and, change the file locations in the restore as directory to the file locations of the new database. the file names must be the same too.
you can change the original file names after the restore.
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--> Other documentation
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Hi all ,
I have an installation of SAP4.7SR1 /MSSQL2000 on a windows 2003 server.
I want to install SAP SOLUTION MANAGER 4.0 /MSSQL2005 on the same server ... it is possible that two version of SQL ( 2000 and 2005 ) coexists on the same server ? It's sufficent to install SQL into two different directory ?
Thank's a lot.
Antonio Voce.

Hi,
yes it is possible to install SQL2000 and SQL2005 on same server but there are certain special considerations that you should be aware of
look at following blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlblog/archive/2006/09/27/co-existence-of-sql-2005-with-sql-2000.aspx
also look http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143694.aspx
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ERROR 2006-12-07 10:19:57
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ERROR 2006-12-07 10:19:57
MDB-05053 Errors when executing sql command: <p nr="0"/> If this message is displayed as a warning - it can be ignored. If this is an error - call your SAP support.
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An error occured and the user decided to retry the current step: "|SAPMSSTOOLS|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|MssSysCopy|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|MssProcs|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|ExeProcs".
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FCO-00011 The step ExeProcs with step key |SAPMSSTOOLS|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|0|MssSysCopy|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|MssProcs|ind|ind|ind|ind|4|0|ExeProcs was executed with status ERROR .
I didn't find any note or something else.
Do you have any idea about this problem?
Best Regards,
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Hello,
please ensure that the Database compatibility level for all databases is 90 by
running
exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'master',90
exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'model',90
exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'msdb',90
exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'tempdb',90
exec sp_dbcmptlevel 'EA5',90
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Migration of SQL 2003 to SQL 2012

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Can someone help me address issue in migrating SQL 2003 to SQL 2012? What's the best practice in such migration?
Do I need to upgrade it to 2005, 2008 first before migrating it to 2012? Please advise criticality on this issue and best practice as well. Thank you.

Hi arkimuza23,
There is no SQL Server 2003, could you confirm the exact version? If your version is SQL Server 2000, we will be not able to migrate from SQL 2000 to 2012 directly. SQL Server 2012 supports upgrade from only the following versions: SQL 2005 SP4,SQL 2008
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We are currently running R/3 4.7 110 with kernel 640 32 Bit Non Unicode on Windows Server 2000/ MS SQL 2000 Platform. We are planning to Upgrade the same to ECC 6.0 on Windows 2003/ SQL 2005 on New x64 Bit Hardware.
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Jitendra Tayal

We had the same issue.
So I checked with SAP.
This was their reply.
'SAP R/3 4.7 Ext 110 is supported on SQL 2005. Please refer to the following notes for further information:'
Note 905634 - Release planning for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Note 799058 - Setting Up Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Note 899111 - Installing R3 4.7SR1 (47X110) on x64 Windows Platform
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What is SQL 2000 mode in SQL 2005 Server?

I have a application which will work in SQL 2000 (literally). I am upgrading my SQL server to 2005 from 2000. I want to know how to make SQL 2005 to function as SQL 2000 so that my application will continu working with 2005 too..?
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Ping me in Yahoo IM : rajeshtheodore too

Which Oracle product? You've only mentioned two Microsoft products and an unnamed application so far.
In other words where is the option as "Run this program in compatibility mode for" like we have in Windows?Do you mean an option in this application that works on SQL Server, or an option in SQL Server 2005? Why would we know anything about either of those?
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Changes required to switch from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005?

I'm converting a legacy app from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005. The app is written in VB6 and utilizes CR 8 OCX. When I invoke a report from VB I'm getting Error# 20599 Cannot open SQL server. I redefined the ODBC DSN specifying Windows Authentication, and the SQL Server instance supports mixed mode.
Searching for the error, I found an article that suggests I need p2sodbc8.zip, but I can't find a link to it in the Downloads area.
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Thanks in advance,
Pete

Hi Peter,
As you are having issue with SDK's.
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Installation of Golf Program requires uninstalling Microsoft SQL 2005 and installing SQL 2000

I am running Win 7 and about to purchased a new computer with Win 8.1.
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then there will be no SQL server on my Win 7.
I was going to make sure that I could install the TPP program on Win 8 (before buying another computer) by installing it on a friends new Win 8.1 computer. But I am concerned about removing the preinstalled SQL Server program.
1) How does one get the original Microsoft SQL Server back once it has been removed and the recycle bin has been emptied? Does the SQL program even get sent to the recycle bin when it is removed?
2) Is there any harm done by removing the original SQL program be it 2005 or a new one?

SQL 2000 is not supported on Windows 7.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028963/en-us
whenever you uninstall SQL Server, databases files are not deleted. So you can move them to safe location. if they are delete by you then you have very less chances to recover the data.
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HOM: MS SQL Server 2000 - MS SQL Server 2005 [sp sap_use_var_MAX]

Hi guys,
Procedure
Homogeneous System Copy on SQL Server
Source Platform
Windows 2003 Server x86
SQL Server 2000 SP4
SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2
SAP R/3 4.7 x200
SAP Kernel 6.40 Patch 347 x86 (Sep 10 2010)
SAP_BASIS 620 Patch 69
Target Platform
Windows 2008 Server x64
SQL Server 2005 SP3
SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2
SAP R/3 4.7 x200
SAP Kernel 6.40 Patch 347 x64 (Sep 10 2010)
SAP_BASIS 620 Patch 69
Symptom
When running STM (SAP Tools for SQL Server) on the target server I get the following error:
- Errors when executing sql command: (Microsoft)(ODBC SQL Server Driver)(SQL Server)Could not find stored procedure u2018sap_use_var_MAXu2019.
Further Analysis
I'm able to start the SAP system.
Tx SICK returns the following:
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Troubleshooting
Note 126973 - SICK messages with MS SQL Server
Solution:
Proceed as described in Note 1291861
Note 1291861 - SICK message: Wrong long datatypes
2. If the problem occurred following a system copy from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 or later then execute the following statements:
setuser 'sid'
exec sap_use_var_MAX
Where 'sid' is the SAPSID of your system in lower case.
setuser 'dev'
exec sap_use_var_MAX
Msg 2812, Level 16, State 62, Line 2
Could not find stored procedure 'sap_use_var_MAX'.
Request
I'm thinking if any one of you is able to access an SAP system on SQL Server (2005 or other) with the above mentioned stored procedure present you could scipt it to a txt file and post it here in order for me to create it manually on my system.
I've checked several SAP Notes on this subject and none of them explains how to create this store procedure from scratch, they all just assume it's already there and tell you to execute it.
Thank you.
Bruno Pereira

I was able to solve this issue just now the following way:
- A friend of mine scripted it to a file which I then used to create the sap_use_var_MAX on the target database.
Here is a copy of that file:
USE [<SID>]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
create proc [<sid>].[sap_use_var_MAX] as
begin
declare @tabname sysname
declare @colname sysname
declare @datatype sysname
declare @nullflag nvarchar(1)
declare @cmd nvarchar(1024)
declare @n_altered int
declare c cursor for
    select t.TABLE_NAME,c.COLUMN_NAME,c.DATA_TYPE,
              nullflag = substring(c.IS_NULLABLE,1,1)
      from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c,
           INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
      where c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME AND
            c.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND
            t.TABLE_TYPE like '%TABLE%' AND
            c.TABLE_SCHEMA = schema_name() AND
            c.DATA_TYPE IN ('text','ntext','image')
      order by t.TABLE_NAME,c.COLUMN_NAME
open c
set @n_altered = 0
fetch next from c into @tabname,@colname,@datatype,@nullflag
while (@@fetch_status <> -1)
begin
    if (@@fetch_status <> -2)
    begin
      set @cmd = N'alter table [' + @tabname +
                  N'] alter column [' + @colname +
                  N'] '
      if @datatype = N'text'
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'varchar(MAX)'
      else if @datatype = N'ntext'
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'nvarchar(MAX)'
      else
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'varbinary(MAX)'
      if @nullflag = N'N'
          set @cmd = @cmd + ' NOT NULL'
      else
          set @cmd = @cmd + ' NULL'
      -- print @cmd
      exec( @cmd )
      set @n_altered = @n_altered + 1
    end
    fetch next from c into @tabname,@colname,@datatype,@nullflag
end
close c
deallocate c
select convert(varchar,@n_altered) + N' columns were altered'
end -- sap_use_var_MAX
Mind you, you'll have to change <SID> and <sid> acoordingly, considering also if your db is dbo schema or sid schema owned!
Thank you for your help nonetheless!
Bruno Pereira

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But SQL itself also changed dramatically in moving from SQL 2000 to 2005. So if your customer's packages are heavily customized around SQL 2000, this may require substantial re-work.
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Restoration at sql 2005 from sql 2000 backup.

Hi experts,
Is it possible to restore a backup taken from sql 2000 database to sql 2005 database?
And how about attaching datafiles of sql2000 into sql 2005 server?
Thanks and Regards,
Amit Jana.

> Is it possible to restore a backup taken from sql 2000 database to sql 2005 database?
Yes its possible.
> And how about attaching datafiles of sql2000 into sql 2005 server?
Same method of attach/deattach.
But recommanded you first install 2000 instance restore database and do inplace sql 2005 upgrade.
Why you can't follow recommanded mothed ?
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