Fun with Outer Joins
Learn how an outer join works and how you can use it in your applications to find the results you need when matching data isn't in all your tables.
2014-01-17 (first published: 2012-09-10)
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Kenneth Fisher
sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V4.0
These are a couple of stored procedures I wrote to help me with security research. Each sp returns three data...
2014-01-15
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Transactions: Rolling back a transaction inside a stored procedure.
So over the last couple of posts I’ve talked about the fact that the ROLLBACK command will roll back an...
2014-01-13 (first published: 2014-01-06)
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Transactions: What are they?
I’ve done a couple of posts now talking about how rolling back a transaction works. I thought this time I...
2014-01-08
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Happy new year!
Happy New Years! It’s the first day of the year and it’s a day known for setting goals. I had...
2014-01-01
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The 12 days after release
On the first day after release my developer gave to me
a performance problem on a crucial query
On the second day...
2013-12-24
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SSMS Shortcuts and more
I went and voted for #tribalawards and when I was finished they offer you links to 6 different free PDFs....
2013-12-23
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Transactions: Rolling back part of a transaction.
In my previous post I mentioned the fact that the ROLLBACK command rolls back the entire transaction all the way...
2013-12-19
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Transactions: Rolling back a nested transaction
Transactions are great and wonderful things. They make sure that our work stays atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (yes ACID)....
2013-12-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #49: Wait for it
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again and this time it’s being hosted by the SQL Soldier. He’s picked the subject of Waits....
2013-12-10
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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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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