Thanks I'll give it a try at lunch. Failing that I'll bring it in here and
see what happens.

regards,
larry

At 09:39 AM 10/10/2003, you wrote:
>No problem. One thing that jumps to mind however is this. Assuming that you
>have some sort of DB Backup file, when you choose to restore, you need to
>check the physical file name. In your Restore dialog, click the Options tab.
>Look at the section labeled "Restore database files as:" Make sure that the
>path in the "Move to physical file name" is a valid one. This value is sent
>in with the backup file and will most likely not match the path to your data
>files area.
>
>
>Hope this helps...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:28 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: SQL Server Conundrum
>
>I'll have to post it again later, its on my home machine.
>
>regards,
>larry
>
>At 09:13 AM 10/10/2003, you wrote:
> >So what is happening? You bring the backup file over and choose (in
> >Enterprise Manager, I assume) to restore database, right? Is this where it
> >is failing? What is the error message?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:10 AM
> >To: CF-Community
> >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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