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Thanks for your help! We will start a migration roadmap-- that's too bad because an upgrade is oh so much easier!
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Thanks for your help! We will start a migration roadmap-- that's too bad because an upgrade is oh so much easier!

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We have a Dell PE 2950 running Windows 2003 x64 and SQL 2000 Enterprise (32-bit). We want to upgrade to SQL 2005 Enterprise 64-bit. We tried to &quot;Upgrade&quot; yesterday and it appears as though we can't upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Is this true? Do we have to do a migration? Anyone else with a similar experience?<br />
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Thanks!
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We have a Dell PE 2950 running Windows 2003 x64 and SQL 2000 Enterprise (32-bit). We want to upgrade to SQL 2005 Enterprise 64-bit. We tried to "Upgrade" yesterday and it appears as though we can't upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Is this true? Do we have to do a migration? Anyone else with a similar experience?

Thanks!

Upgrading SQL 2000 32-bit to SQL 2005 64-Bit

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

Databases are organized collections of data, most commonly accessed through management systems including schemas, tables, queries and processes that allow users to enter and manipulate the information or utilize it in other fashions, such as with web applications or for reporting purposes.