SQL SERVER – Script: Change Service Account Using WMI / SMO
Last week I wrote a post where my friend faced problem because he changed the service account of SQL Server from services. mass rather than SQL Server Configuration Manager. Let us learn how to change service account using WMI/SMO.
SQL SERVER – 2016 – Creating Additional Indexes with Clustered ColumnStore Indexes
SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 4335, Level 16, State 1 – The specified STOPAT time is too early
While trying to prepare for a demo, I ran into some interesting error. When I searched for error about STOPAT on the internet, there were not many clear answers so I thought of sharing on my blog. Actually, my demo was all about point in time restore feature of SQL Server. I was trying something similar given in my earlier blog.
Hyper V: Error and Fix – Fix – Boot failure. Reboot and Select proper Boot device
SQL SERVER 2016 – InMemory OLTP support for Foreign Key
SQL SERVER – Dedicated Database Development with SQL Source Control
We all make mistake and we all wish that we have not made those mistakes. In the field of the development, there are proper solutions, but in the world of SQL, there are not many solutions. I recently asked the same question to my friend Andrey from Devart and he has provided me a wonderful blog post about how one can do dedicated database development with SQL Source Control.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104Â Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
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