An interview with the Exceptional DBA of the Year
Dan McClain was voted the Exceptional DBA of 2008 by the SQLServerCentral.com community. Learn a bit more about this talented professional in his own words.
2008-09-17
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Press Release
The Fall vConference Series
A series of online conferences covering various aspects of SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies. Check out the list for this fall and see if there is some training that you can attend.
2008-09-15
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Hands-on SQL Server from SQLSkills
In San Francisco, Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal of SQLSkills will be presenting a two and a half day, hands-on workshop covering database infrastructure and scalability.
2008-09-11
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SQLSaturday #5, #8, and #9
A series of free, one-day training events are coming in October, 2008 to various locations around the country. See if you can attend one in Olympia, Greenville, or Orlando.
2008-08-25
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PASS 2008 - August
The 2008 PASS Summit is in Seattle in November 2008. Come join SQLServerCentral.com and learn more about SQL Server.
2008-08-22 (first published: 2008-08-19)
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SQL Know How - Best Practices in Performance Seminar
SQL Know How is holding a 3 day seminar in Hatfield, Hertfordshire in the UK this September 1-3.
2008-08-20 (first published: 2008-08-06)
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2008-08-06
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Five Free Hours of Training
We're sponsoring over 5 hours over 5 days of training on SSIS and Business Intelligence with Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP and founder of Pragmatic Works.
2008-07-14 (first published: 2008-07-01)
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T for DBAs
Red Gate Software wants to recognize and reward exceptional DBAs with this new program.
2008-07-07 (first published: 2008-05-29)
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An MVP From Way Down South
Please join us in congratulating one of our longtime community members on MVP status.
2008-07-03
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Blogs
Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?
While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder
By James Serra
(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request
Has anyone encountered recurring request latency when using Microsoft Access with SQL Server 2025...
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers