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Windows 2003 server with SQL 7

Windows 2003 server with SQL 7
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:55:41 +080
Wishing all you faithful XAL die hards out there a Happy New Year :)

I would like some advice on the following:

Customer running SQL 7 and XAL 2.8
They want to upgrade their server to Windows 2003

The customer does not have any valid maintenance so I guess they wont be 
able to get a different kernel
What version of SQL should/can I use?

Can SQL 7 run on Windows 2003?
If not I think it is possible to run SQL 2000 in version 7 mode or something 
like that right?  Would this work?  Does SQL2005 have such backward feature?

Any advice or suggestions are very welcome

Thanks
James

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Re: Windows 2003 server with SQL 7
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:58:44 +0100
Hi James

From "Microsoft® XALT statement of database compatibility"

I have cut out information about XAL Kernel 2.8

XAL Kernel|OS           |OS Version|OS Support Versions        |DB 
|Client Library Support|DB Support Version
----------+-------------+----------+---------------------------+-------------+--
--------------------+---------------------
2.80.1    |Sun Solaris  |7         |7 and up                   |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.3, 8.0.5     |Oracle 7.3 and 8.0.5
2.80.8    |HP-UX        |10.20     |10.2 and 11.x (32-bit only)|Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 8.0.5          |Oracle 8.0.5
2.80.8    |Digital TRU64|4.0F      |4.0F and up                |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.3, 8.0.5     |Oracle 7.3 and 8.0.5
2.80.8    |SCO UNIX     |ODT-5     |ODT-5                      |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.3            |Oracle 7.3
2.80.8    |AIX          |          |4.3 and up                 |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.3, 8.0.4     |Oracle 7.3 and 8.0.4
2.80.1    |Sinix        |5.43      |5.43                       |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.2            |Oracle 7.2 and 7.3
2.80.8    |MS Windows   |NT4       |DOS 5, 3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0 |Native 
|
          |             |          |                           |Oracle 
|Oracle 7.3            |Oracle 7.3 and 8.0.x
     |             |          |                           |MS SQL 
Server|ODBC 2.5              |MS SQL Server 7.0
          |             |          |                           |Sybase 
|Open Client 10.3      |Open Client 10 and 11

I hope it can answer Your questions.

Ebbe

"James" <djf94@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse 
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> Wishing all you faithful XAL die hards out there a Happy New Year :)
>
> I would like some advice on the following:
>
> Customer running SQL 7 and XAL 2.8
> They want to upgrade their server to Windows 2003
>
> The customer does not have any valid maintenance so I guess they wont be 
> able to get a different kernel
> What version of SQL should/can I use?
>
> Can SQL 7 run on Windows 2003?
> If not I think it is possible to run SQL 2000 in version 7 mode or 
> something like that right?  Would this work?  Does SQL2005 have such 
> backward feature?
>
> Any advice or suggestions are very welcome
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> 

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