Question

I’m trying to upgrade a database from a SQL Server 2000 instance to a SQL Server 2008 instance. I’m doing this by right clicking on the database and selecting copy database. My current issue is that I’m getting this error in the log file:

OnError,AQUE-SQLDEV,NT
AUTHORITY\SYSTEM,aque-db2000_aque-sqldev_sql2008_Transfer Objects
Task,{F0ACDE4D-D023-400C-BE3C-91CD3A537988},{40E67169-0F3F-4F86-AD2E-6E2CB532BA5C},18/10/2011
15:38:37,18/10/2011 15:38:37,0,0x,Script failed for User ‘WebUser’.
StackTrace: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithList(DependencyCollection
depList, SqlSmoObject[] objects) at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter.ScriptWithList(SqlSmoObject[]
objects) at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer.Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ITransferMetadataProvider.SaveMetadata()
at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dts.DtsTransferProvider.Configure(ITransferMetadataProvider
metadataProvider) at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer.GetTransferProvider()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer.TransferData() at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.TransferObjectsTask.TransferObjectsTask.TransferDatabasesUsingSMOTransfer()
InnerException–>Creating a user without an associated login is not
supported in SQL Server 2008.;

Does anyone know why this might be happening?

Thanks,

Sachin

Answer 1

Based on the error it sounds like you need to create a login first on the SQL 2008 server that matches the same login/user that exists on the SQL 2000 server. You could do a couple of things:

1. create a new database in 2008 to migrate to
2. create a new login in 2008 that matches the existing login from sql 2000
3. map the new login to that new database from step #1
4. run the copy database wizard

If it was me, I would do as marc_s suggested and perform a full backup of the existing database on sql 2000, then restore to a blank database in sql 2008. If you can, update the compatibility mode in database properties to be 2008. I’ve done this hundreds of times and works like a charm.