MSDE 1.0 TO MSDE 2000 Release A

I've used MSDE 1.0 for a number of years.
Today I downloaded Release A with the intention of installing it, but when I
attempt to run Setup I get a dialog saying "The instance name specified is
invalid." What could be causing this?
Also... what impact will an installation of MSDE 2000 have on my existing
MSDE 1.0 databases? Is there a procedure I should be following?
Thanks in advance.
Nancy
hi Nancy,
"Nancy Lorieau" <NancyLorieau@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel
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> I've used MSDE 1.0 for a number of years.
> Today I downloaded Release A with the intention of installing it, but when
I
> attempt to run Setup I get a dialog saying "The instance name specified is
> invalid." What could be causing this?
>
personally I never "upgraded" MSDE 1.0 instance to MSDE 2000 ... I always
backedup the users database and restored them on the MSDE2000 new instance
after uninstalling MSDE 1.0.. but I had no reason to maintain the MSDE 1.0
instance at all...
anyway,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...stsql_84xl.asp
reports you have to add the
UPGRADE=1 UPGRADEUSER=username UPGRADEPWD=userpwd
commandline parameters to your call to the setup.exe bootstrap installer...

> Also... what impact will an installation of MSDE 2000 have on my existing
> MSDE 1.0 databases? Is there a procedure I should be following?
the users databases will be upgraded to MSDE 2000 level... you coul'd be
affected by cross database ownership chaining, which behaviour has been
changed... further info at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...onfig_8d7m.asp
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.8.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.54.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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