SQL in the City 2014 – Two countries in two weeks
I have had a fairly busy travel schedule the last few years. While I don’t love sitting on airplanes and...
2014-10-09
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Blog Posts
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2014-10-09
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Common Table Expressions (CTE)
Common Table Expresseion (CTE)
A common table expression (CTE) is a derived table that is defined and only stored for the...
2014-10-08 (first published: 2014-10-03)
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Fill Factor vs Page Splits – Measure It..!!
I have been trying to solve the puzzle of “How to evaluate my current Fill Factor setting?”, and there have...
2014-10-08
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Learning About Journalism
One of my current projects is PASSWatch. Right now it’s mostly aggregation which I think has value, but I hope...
2014-10-08
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Notes on SQLSaturday Admin Tools
Introduction
One of the items I’ve had on my todo list for a while is to write up notes on the...
2014-10-08
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October 2014 Las Vegas UG Meeting
The Las Vegas User Group is happy to announce our monthly meeting. The meeting is available for in person and webinar style. The start time is 6:30 PM Pacific...
2014-10-08
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October 2014 Las Vegas UG Meeting
The Las Vegas User Group is happy to announce our monthly meeting. The meeting is available for in person and...
2014-10-08
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Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling
If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...
2014-10-08 (first published: 2014-10-01)
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Required reading before upgrading SQL Server.
I was watching a great presentation by Brent Ozar(b/t) on why to move to SQL 2014 and in the Q...
2014-10-08
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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,...
Forums
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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Planning for Change
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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