SQL Server Save Time Managing Multiple Servers With Central Management Servers
Central Management Servers give us a way to manage a collection of SQL Servers as one, a query executed against...
2018-05-15
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server Building On Calculations With APPLY
I find myself using Apply more and more in my queries, aside from the usual reasons I’ve been finding I...
2018-05-14
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SQL Server Management Studio Intermittently Hangs Browsing a Database
If you’re seeing SSMS hang/lock timeouts when expanding nodes in the object explorer for a database it’s almost definitely caused...
2018-05-13
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SQL Server Corruption - Bring Order Out Of Chaos
I wanted to document a couple of important tasks you should be doing as part of your SQL Server maintenance/backup...
2018-05-12
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SQL Server Database Snapshots
What Are They
Database snapshots are a readonly point in time version of a database. You can use them for things...
2018-05-11
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SQL Server Partition Swapping
When working with large amounts of data in ETL jobs it can often can sink a lot of time inserting...
2018-05-10
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SQL Server Snapshot vs Read Committed Snapshot
For a quick introduction to transaction isolation levels see my previous post on them.
Once snapshot isolation is enabled on a...
2018-05-08
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SQL Server Why Isn't My Transaction Log Truncating
The Transaction log growing is completely normal however there are situations where a transaction log can get to a state...
2018-05-07
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SQL Server Trace Flags
Trace Flags are a way to change the behavior of the SQL Server database engine. They are often used for...
2018-05-06
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Avoid Errors With using SNAPSHOT Isolation From Transactions Under Different Isolation Levels
For older systems where the move to READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT (RCSI) might not be an option or you’re running a...
2018-05-05
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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