7.0 to 2000 Upgrade

Is this a reasonable way to upgrade a 7.0 server to 2000?
1. Backup the databases.
2. Move the database mdf and ldf files to a neutral
location on the server's drive.
3. Upgrade the server to Win 2k and Sql Server 2000.
4. Add pertinent logins.
5. Reattach the mdf and ldf files and let sql server
upgrade the databases "on the fly".
The reason I'm asking is that I've always been ultra-safe
in times past and used the copy wizard to copy my 7.0
databases to a 2000 server first.
Is an attach/reattach considered a supported way of doing
a 7.0 to 2000 conversion?
I'm a little scared of course because if it doesn't attach
for some reason, then I can try the .BAK files and if that
doesn't work, I'm dead.It is hard to find documentation that provides it one way or another.
However, iny my experience of doing it Attach/reattaching works fine. Just
make sure you have a backup copy of your databases becauase you'll not be
able to reattach them to a SQL 7.0 server after attaching them to SQL 2000.
The only concerns I can think of have to do more with the sort order, which
would show up when people start to connect and use the system. SQL 2000
supports attaching databases with different sort orders, but some stored
procedures that create temp tables may have issues without having the
collation order specified for them. Only thorough testing will reveal a
problem like this.
My *safest method* is to use DTS to transfer the databases to another
server, then copy them back.
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"CLM" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is this a reasonable way to upgrade a 7.0 server to 2000?
> 1. Backup the databases.
> 2. Move the database mdf and ldf files to a neutral
> location on the server's drive.
> 3. Upgrade the server to Win 2k and Sql Server 2000.
> 4. Add pertinent logins.
> 5. Reattach the mdf and ldf files and let sql server
> upgrade the databases "on the fly".
> The reason I'm asking is that I've always been ultra-safe
> in times past and used the copy wizard to copy my 7.0
> databases to a 2000 server first.
> Is an attach/reattach considered a supported way of doing
> a 7.0 to 2000 conversion?
> I'm a little scared of course because if it doesn't attach
> for some reason, then I can try the .BAK files and if that
> doesn't work, I'm dead.
>