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If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to rename a SQL Server database you could use the following 3 statements to do the job:

-- Make sure that you are the only user accessing the db

EXEC sp_dboption 'old name', 'Single User', 'TRUE'

-- Rename the db

EXEC sp_renamedb 'old name', 'new name'

-- Allow other users to login again

EXEC sp_dboption 'new name', 'Single User', 'FALSE'