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If you set the database compatibility down to 80 (SQL 2000), you should be able to easily downgrade the database and restore it on the 2000 machine. &nbsp;Provided you haven't used any 2005 specific features yet.
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If you set the database compatibility down to 80 (SQL 2000), you should be able to easily downgrade the database and restore it on the 2000 machine.  Provided you haven't used any 2005 specific features yet.

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I just moved over my DB from MS SQL 200 to MS SQL 2005 and now I'm getting the odd error;<br />
Brief Description: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.<br />
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I was wondering if it's possible to backup the 2005 DB and restore back on my 2000 machine?
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I just moved over my DB from MS SQL 200 to MS SQL 2005 and now I'm getting the odd error;
Brief Description: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

I was wondering if it's possible to backup the 2005 DB and restore back on my 2000 machine?

Can I restore a MS SQL 2005 DB to a MS SQL 2000 DB using built-in restore (downgrade)?

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.