SQL Server 2000 SP4 to SQL Server 2012 upgrades not supported

Due to a driver incompatibility with Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0, upgrades from SQL Server 2000 SP4 to SQL Server 2012 are not successful. Customers who wish to upgrade from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2012 must follow one of these workarounds:

• Upgrade from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005/2008, and then create a backup of the database and restore it to the SQL Server 2012 instance.

• Upgrade from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005/2008, and then detach the database and reattach it to the SQL Server 2012 instance.