Before reading the article, you should take a look at the following two questions, test your grasp of the mssms tools:
1:sql 2005/2008 can I connect to the SQL 2000 database server?
2:sql 2000 can I connect to the SQL 2005/2008 database server?
The answer is all yes.
Lab environment: Native Windows 7 Professional, with SQL 2005 client and SQL 2008 Client tools, connects a company database server with Windows authentication (SQL operating system: Windows 2000 Server, database version: SQL2000 STD), report the following error,
The reason is: tossing for a long time, the reference to a lot of information on the web, the result of the final tragic discovery of this error, not the reason for the online said, but because of the user has no permission to cause.
Reference: http://nihaiqin.blog.51cto.com/369031/83616/
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SQL 2005/2008 Connection SQL 2000 Report 18456 error