Is there equivalent to Sybase Dynamic Archiving for SQL Server

Sybase has a product called Dynamic Archiving which will automatically move
old records to a archive database, but all applications will see the two
database as one (no changes to source code etc.)
Is there an equivalent for SQL Server (either now, or part of 2005, or third
party) ?
Any help would be appreciated...
Regards,
Mark Donoghue
MDonoghue@.refco.com
I'm not aware of anything identical.
In SQL2K... you might be able to achieve a similiar effect by looking at
Partioned Views. Not real archiving, but you might get some of the benefits
you're looking for. Stricktly a roll your own solution.
SQL2005 adds support for partioned ranges (using multiple tables) that will
make it much easier to manage this. But still roll your own.
"Mark Donoghue" <MarkDonoghue@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sybase has a product called Dynamic Archiving which will automatically
move
> old records to a archive database, but all applications will see the two
> database as one (no changes to source code etc.)
> Is there an equivalent for SQL Server (either now, or part of 2005, or
third
> party) ?
> Any help would be appreciated...
> Regards,
> Mark Donoghue
> MDonoghue@.refco.com