Server Audit Mystery 1: Filtering class_type gets Error Msg 25713
The other day I ran into an odd problem trying to answer the following question on DBA.StackExchange:
How to filter out...
2018-02-01 (first published: 2018-01-22)
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Stored Procedure / Function / View / Trigger Definitions Can Be Wrong, Even If sp_rename Was Never Used
SQL Server stores the full definition of certain T-SQL objects — Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers — in their original form,...
2018-01-09
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Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part A of 2: “Duck”)
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2018-01-04 (first published: 2017-12-08)
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PLEASE, Please, please Stop Using Impersonation, TRUSTWORTHY, and Cross-DB Ownership Chaining
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Despite features added in SQL Server 2005 (yes, 2005!) that allow for very flexible, granular, and robust security,...
2017-12-30
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Which Collation is Used to Convert NVARCHAR to VARCHAR in a WHERE Condition? (Part B of 2: “Rabbit”)
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2017-12-28 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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For thousands of years theologians have offered various thoughts on the question of what happens when we die. Does some...
2017-11-30 (first published: 2017-11-20)
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Line-Continuation in T-SQL
Some (or maybe most?) languages and operating system command shells allow for breaking up long lines into multiple lines (i.e....
2017-11-08 (first published: 2017-10-27)
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All New Collations in SQL Server 2017 Implicitly Support Supplementary Characters
As I was testing whether or not the new “Variation Selector Sensitive” ( _VSS ) Collations in SQL Server 2017 would assist...
2017-10-31 (first published: 2017-10-16)
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SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2017, Part 6: “Trusted Assemblies” – Whitelisted Assemblies can’t do Module Signing
“Trusted Assemblies”, a new feature starting in SQL Server 2017, is a means of whitelisting Assemblies that one feels pose...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-29)
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Clustered Index Uniquifier Existence and Size
In SQL Server, each and every row in a table needs to be accessible by itself, whether or not you...
2017-09-19
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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