Compatibility level issues with SQL Server 2000 (80) in 2008 R2 Standard environment

  • I've done some light research already, but just wanted to start this thread for later purposes. I have a system that was recently migrated (not upgraded) from a 2005 Standard environment to a 2008 R2 standard environment. The database is a 2000 db (compatibility level 80). Now - I have upgraded this database through some T-SQL that created the complete set of objects into the 2008 R2 environment (data included), into a QA/TEST environment, and it has had no issues. However - the older version of the db is showing some weariness in it's new PROD environment. This is going to be a tough sell for me to convince the customer (with things currently not working all that great) to upgrade it now, but my best chance is to have them try to duplicate the issues they are having in PROD, over in QA. The only difference in the two environments between the db's one was created as a (100) while the other is still in it's original form (80).

    So - my question is this. Has anyone out there had weirdness from their db in 2000 mode in a 2008 R2 environment? Some of the things that are happening are as follows:

    - User process not working the same as before (e.g. login screen has an additional step that is now happening where you have to log in twice).

    - User reporting is showing delete records that are no longer in the database.

    - Search processes are reporting errors related to fields in the db.

    Nothing has changed in the web code. Thus - I have concluded that the issue is with the db's compatibility mode. These problems are not occurring in the QA/TEST version (as I previously stated, they have gone through that with no issues to date, so there doesn't appear to be any "old code" issues), but in PROD - no workie.

    I know this sounds like I have answered my own question, but if anyone can share/shed any light on this issue (with any experiences of your own), I would appreciate it (so as to give this full due diligence).

    Thank you all in advance.

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