New Survey: Why Upgrade MS SQL Server?
Take this survey for a chance at a $20 gift certificate from Amazon. Give your reasons to upgrade and your insight on performance issues.
2005-11-01
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Press Release
Visual Defrag for SQL Server Discount
How often do you check your SQL Server tables for fragmentation? How often do you defragment them? This is one of those technologies that has been available for disks for a long time, but now is here for SQL Server. Norb Technologies is offering a discount to the SQLServerCentral.com community on this product.
2005-11-01
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Visit the SQLounge at PASS 2005!
Tried at TechEd and manned by the SQLServerCentral.com crew, this was a great idea. It's going to be at PASS and hosted by James Luetkehoelter.
2005-09-21
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The SQLServerCentral.com Casino Party at the PASS Summit
It is just next week that the PASS 2005 Summit kicks off and we've got some information about our casino party for those attending.
2005-09-20
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Come To The PASS 2005 Summit
Less than two weeks away, sessions tried and tested at the PDC, the Microsoft SQL Server development team and gambling with SQLServerCentral.com! Register today!
2005-09-15
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Extreme SQL Server
Clustering, partitioning, database snapshots, database mirroring, SQL Server SAN storage design and more are all in the September issue of the SQL Server Standard.
2005-09-12
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Who Is Using SQL Server 2005?
The release of SQL Server 2005 is a few months away and there are many people that are excited and looking forward to moving the new release into production. But what percentage of people are really looking to adopt the new platform soon? Edgewood Solutions has put together a survey to see. Enter and you could win a prize.
2005-08-24
4,914 reads
SQL Server Stumper Sale
The amazing 4S sale! Our space constraints are your gains as we've put a bunch of books on sale. Check them out and save.
2005-08-23
4,294 reads
Jacksonville - 2005 Code Camp
If you are near the Jacksonville, FL area on Saturday, August 27th, check out this code camp with our own Brian Knight. Get the chance to learn some great development from Brian and a few other experts.
2005-08-17
2,969 reads
SSC Source Code for the PASS 2005 Summit
With a month left before the 2005 PASS Summit, there is yet another great reason to attend this SQL Server conference in 2005. Read about it and be sure that you register today with our source code "SSC".
2005-08-10
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Blogs
The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
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Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request
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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