Named Pipes Provider error 40, could not open a connection to SQL Server, hit me after I rebuilt my home network. Here are the common errors and the fix.
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The Scripts Worth Having on Every Server You Touch
Keep focused DBA scripts for active requests, blocking, table size, index usage, backups, and failed jobs, with clear limits on each result.
Restart History: Preserve Startup Evidence Before Logs Cycle
Restart history records startup evidence before retained logs disappear. Keep each source and timestamp separate, and test repeat collection with synthetic archives.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Management Studio Error : Saving Changes in not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created
SSMS says saving changes is not permitted when a table must be re-created. Learn to turn off Prevent saving changes, and why I still prefer T-SQL.
Dynamic PIVOT: Building Report Columns From the Data
Build a dynamic PIVOT with ordered STRING_AGG and QUOTENAME, parameterized filters, zero-filled results, and explicit report-width limits.
SQL SERVER – How to Drop Temp Table – Check Existence of Temp Table
Readers often ask how to check existence of a temp table and how to drop temp table without Msg 2714. My earlier article answers all of these questions.
SQLAuthority News – TechEd India 2009 – Day 3 – Product Group Meeting – Final Presentations – Meeting Friends
TechEd India 2009 has ended. Day 3 was the best, with a meeting with the SQL Server product group under NDA, final presentations and time with friends.
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