Even SQL 7 will not directly read the backup file

You will have to "restore" the backup to a local directory, and then open the
resulting files.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: SQL Server Conundrum

| Its a sql server 7 backup file. I'm trying to get my copy of sql server
| 2000 (Dev edition) to read it and copy the database to my machine.
|
| larry
|
| At 08:29 AM 10/10/2003, you wrote:
| >That's quite strange. We have a mixed environment here (one legacy server)
| >and we never have problems reading the 7 files on 2000. What exactly is
| >happening?
| >
| >-----Original Message-----
| >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
| >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:58 PM
| >To: CF-Community
| >Subject: SQL Server Conundrum
| >
| >Hi,
| >
| >I need some help with a SQL server problem. I have SQL Server 2000, and a
| >client has SQL Server 7. He just sent me a backup of his database so that I
| >could have a local copy of it, but my copy of SQL Server cannot read it. I
| >am at a loss on how to proceed. Any suggestions would really be helpful.
| >
| >larry
| >
| >   _____
| >
| >
| >----------
| >[
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