That's strange. If it was a default instance before, it still should be.

Have you restarted the host? Not that it matters, but just wondering. Otherwise, not sure why you're seeing...

Certainly things can (and probably should) change after installation. However, perhaps you should have some idea of what defaults you want. This is more the settings, am I using Filestream?...

No need to do anything. Nothing is being enforced by code

Stefan Krzywicki (10/9/2014)

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Had a great SQL in the City yesterday. I now have a lot to read and a lot more to research. Great seeing Jack and Grant again and...

Leggings are ready

Arrgg, copied the wrong one.

The correct one...

djackson 22568 (10/9/2014)

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IMO Microsoft didn't go to a two year release cycle with SQL to improve the product - they did it to improve revenue. Since they only support...

Ditto

Andy sql (10/9/2014)

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An already very complex OS would become far more complex to manage, if patches were written for specific configurations. The possible variations would explode, along with the testing...

Eric M Russell (10/9/2014)

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We've already seen SQL Server move to a pace that releases new versions every two years and bimonthly patches to fix issues. Imagine that we could get...

Ed Wagner (10/10/2014)

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I'm also on 2008, so I've never gotten to play with THROW. However, given that RAISERROR gives me the flexibility I want, why would I switch to...

Gary Varga (10/9/2014)

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As someone who accepts all patches as soon as they are available, it sounds good to me.

As someone who relies on DBAs testing patches before releasing them into...

GilaMonster (10/8/2014)

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Oh, and just noticed that I've passed 40k points again. Only ~3000 to go to get to where I was.

Steve, btw, I didn't even get a T-shirt for the...

Yes, and he'll run out of questions soon and...

those are great. Found a few of the paper books 4-5 years ago and gave them to my son. He enjoyed them.