Comments on: Script to Rename an SQL Server Instance http://rasql.com/2010/03/script-to-rename-sqlserver-instance/ Ra Osolage's SQL Server Blog Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Osolage http://rasql.com/2010/03/script-to-rename-sqlserver-instance/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Osolage Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:26:07 +0000 http://rasql.com/?p=12#comment-21 Apologies for not getting to your comment in so long, Chris. I've been away from my blog for a while. Did you see the script in the blog post? It's at the bottom. It will handle hypens or anything else for that matter. You merely need to save it to a SQL file and then call it from SQLCMD, supplying the insance name and login information of course. Let me know if you have any other questions. Apologies for not getting to your comment in so long, Chris. I’ve been away from my blog for a while. Did you see the script in the blog post? It’s at the bottom. It will handle hypens or anything else for that matter. You merely need to save it to a SQL file and then call it from SQLCMD, supplying the insance name and login information of course. Let me know if you have any other questions.

]]> By: toph http://rasql.com/2010/03/script-to-rename-sqlserver-instance/comment-page-1/#comment-19 toph Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:46:28 +0000 http://rasql.com/?p=12#comment-19 I don't see the script posted... I currently have a script right now that does the same thing, but it does not handle Hyphens( - ) in the add new server name. Can yours? "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD" -S "127.0.0.1" -Q "EXEC sp_dropserver @server = @@servername" "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD" -S "127.0.0.1" -Q "EXEC sp_addserver %COMPUTERNAME%, 'local'" I don’t see the script posted… I currently have a script right now that does the same thing, but it does not handle Hyphens( – ) in the add new server name. Can yours?

“%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD” -S “127.0.0.1″ -Q “EXEC sp_dropserver @server = @@servername”
“%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD” -S “127.0.0.1″ -Q “EXEC sp_addserver %COMPUTERNAME%, ‘local’”

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