After Sql 2005 Install, Sql 2000 Still There

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pbd22 - 30 Mar 2007 15:21 GMT

Hi.

I just downloaded and installed Sql 2005 from the MS site.
I see that my instance of Sql 2000 is still on the same computer.
I assumed that Sql 2005 would upgrade but it didnt. Should I
simply delete my instance of 2000 or will this cause complications?
Sorry - newbie question.

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Erland Sommarskog - 30 Mar 2007 22:43 GMT

> I just downloaded and installed Sql 2005 from the MS site.
> I see that my instance of Sql 2000 is still on the same computer.
> I assumed that Sql 2005 would upgrade but it didnt. Should I
> simply delete my instance of 2000 or will this cause complications?

That depends on how you opted to do your installation: as a new instance
or an upgrade. Since you say that you downloaded SQL 2005 from MS,
I assume that you installed SQL Express, which by default is installed
as a named instance, SQLEXPRESS.

I would keep both instances, as you may want to compare SQL 2005 to
SQL 2000.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

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