Michael

Did you ever get an answer to this?

I am in a similar postion. We have a SQL2000 installation to SP3a.

I want to do a side-by-side upgraded to SQL2008R2.

I can't see why I should I have to upgrade to SP4 before doing this. I know it works from SP3a but are there any caveats? I suspect the SP3a to SP4 upgrade makes little difference to the databases - just the software, but cannot find anything conclusive to confirm.

Any advice that you have would be appreciated.

Thanks

Glenn