Hi,
I have a database running in 2000 compatability mode on a SQL 2008 Server, I plan to upgrade the database to 2008 native level and also upgrade SQL 2008 to 2008 R2.
I captured the trace running on the server and tried to use 2008 R2 upgrade advisor to analyse the trace however I got a exclaimation mark and couldn't proceed, I then export the trace to SQL batch file(via export-->extract t-sql events) and attached the batch file to upgrade advisor instead.
it all went well and I saw green flag everywhere untill I realized that it is way too good than it should be.
I modified one of the smaller batch file and add a statement that include a depreciated join (*=) and ran thru the batch file again using upgrade advisor....as expected, it went thru without detecting this issue at all.
does any one has similar experience or can anyone shed some light on this problem?
much appreciated.