D-SQL (9/12/2012)
"when transitioning to SQL 2005 that if the database was created in earlier versions it would never truly reach the latter compatibility level unless the database was natively created with that version"
That is not correct.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability