PowerShell ISE Crashes
Working with PowerShell brings a lot of advantages and power to help manage a server. The more current your PoSh...
2018-11-19
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Jason Brimhall
Monitor Database Offline Events
Hopefully, a database being taken offline is a known event and not a surprise. Occasionally there are gremlins, in the form of users with too many permissions, that tend...
2018-11-15
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Audit Database Offline Events
Knowing when an event occurred within the database environment is a very important thing. Being able to act quickly when certain events occur is equally as important. Sometimes, we...
2018-11-13
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Audit Database Offline Events
Knowing when an event occurred within the database environment is a very important thing. Being able to act quickly when...
2018-11-13
1,083 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #108: New Horizons Beyond SQL Server
There comes a point in one's career when a change is requisite. Big or small there always seems to be a tipping point that mandates some sort of change....
2018-11-13
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be visibly represented as the wrinkles on your face. Other...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be...
2018-11-09
2,345 reads
Cannot Use the Special Principal – Back to Basics
Cannot use the special principal 'dbo'. This error message can be misleading. This article will take you on a journey of common mis-steps along with the appropriate fix for...
2018-11-07
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Quickly Change SQL Job Owners
It is not unusual to find a server where some random user created a bunch of jobs to be run...
2018-07-26 (first published: 2018-07-16)
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T-SQL Tuesday #104: Just Can’t Cut That Cord
We all have our favorite scripts, tools or utilities. Those are the things that help make our jobs easier. Some...
2018-07-20 (first published: 2018-07-10)
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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