Rename or Change SQL Server Standalone Named Instance
Today, We will go through with the steps of renaming or changing SQL Server Standalone Named Instance.
Renaming or Changing SQL...
2014-08-05 (first published: 2014-07-29)
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 36 (“Maintenance Solutions for Columnstore”)
Continuation from the previous 35 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
At the 12th Edition of SQLBits around 1 week ago I have...
2014-07-29
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The Growth Of SQLSaturday
A recent Connector showed the following stats for SQLSaturday for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 and mentioned 86...
2014-08-04 (first published: 2014-07-28)
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Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 26
More notes:
In hindsight it’s easy to see we should have worked on the email template first, then the flyers. Email...
2014-07-28
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #94
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-28
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What is ANSI_NULLS and why will I be glad when it finally goes away?
Recently I wrote about what it means that a value is NULL. Right at the beginning I mentioned ANSI_NULLS and...
2014-08-04 (first published: 2014-07-28)
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Why do we need UPDATE Locks in SQL Server?
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-08-01 (first published: 2014-07-28)
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Book: SQL Server 2014 Development Essentials
I am very happy to announce that my first book “SQL Server 2014 Development Essentials” has now been published by...
2014-07-28
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SSIS Project Deployment under different name
I love SSIS Server, it was one of the greatest addition to the SQL Server Integration Services in 2012 version...
2014-07-27
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Cumulative Update – 1 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 1 contains all the hotfixes...
2014-07-27
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Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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