Database and Disk Size - PowerShell Script
Every time we do a capacity analysis we need to analyse the database size (free and used) and the disk...
2012-08-14
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Drive Size - PowerShell Script
The below script is used to find the disk size for a set of servers,
## Script to Find List of...
2012-08-14
2,020 reads
Troubleshooting Performance - Top CPU Queries
Today I came accross white paper "Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server" by Sunil Agarwal, Boris Baryshnikov, Tom Davidson, Keith...
2012-08-14
1,245 reads
Find AD user detail - PowerShell Script
I developed the below script to find the details of a AD user and the AD groups he is associated...
2012-08-13
7,926 reads
Find Members of AD Group - PowerShell Script
This is one of the powershell script I have been using quite regularly from the day I developed. Most of SQL...
2012-08-13
2,167 reads
Forcing network protocol to connect SQL server
Whenever there is a network issue or a SQL server browser issue we might need to connect SQL server in different...
2012-08-09
1,253 reads
Service pack Native Client, SQL XML4 and VSSWriter failed
One of my client accidentally executed a 32 bit service pack on a 64 bit SQL Server, the service Pack...
2012-08-09
1,561 reads
SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO
we often face a situation to move SQL server object beween servers or databases, when you have constant table list...
2012-08-08
5,600 reads
Blocking in SQL Server by SPID -2 (Orphan distributed transactions)
Blocking in in SQL Server by SPID -2 happens due to Orphan DTC transaction, for instance whenever a data source...
2012-08-06
5,771 reads
Rollback TRUNCATE TABLE statement
Whenever I ask a SQL candidate in an interview the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE TABLE, the first answer I...
2012-08-06
2,449 reads
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...
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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