Filtering Object Explorer
I absolutely love learning new tricks that can be done in SSMS. Everything from opening initial connections to both the...
2013-10-02
906 reads
Kenneth Fisher
Detaching a database
In my general quest to figure out the T-SQL to do common GUI tasks I did some browsing through BOL...
2013-10-01 (first published: 2013-09-26)
1,675 reads
The MERGE statement doesn’t have a WHERE clause.
What the heck? Even indexes have WHERE clauses these days. I can’t remember what I was reading when I saw...
2013-09-30
1,374 reads
DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in a DELETE statement
Recently I wrote about the myth that you can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement. You can of course,...
2013-09-24
899 reads
sp_DBPermissions V2.0
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...
2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)
2,471 reads
sp_SrvPermissions V2.0
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...
2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)
2,098 reads
Brad Shultz’s blog on reviewing your database
This is possibly the best blog I have every read on the subject of reviewing a database. It is witty,...
2013-09-17
715 reads
DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement.
I’ve found a very common belief among users of T-SQL (both DBAs and Developers) is that you can’t use an...
2013-09-16
901 reads
Certifications: What are they good for?
Since Microsoft decided to drop the MCM/MCA program there has been an enormous amount of discussion about the program and...
2013-09-11
558 reads
How do the fixed Database and Server roles map to more specific permissions?
I recently asked what the difference is between granting SELECT to a user (at a database level) and adding the...
2013-09-09
1,048 reads
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,...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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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