My Sessions & Schedule at the 2011 PASS Summit–Early View
I was just checking the event calendar and saw that my Building a Professional Development Plan presentation is on Wednesday...
2011-09-12
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Blog Posts
PASS 2011 Countdown – 4 Weeks To Go
One week down and we are now 4-weeks from this years PASS Summit. Hopefully, you have already registered for the...
2011-09-12
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September 15 Data Arch VC Meeting: Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server Professionals
September 15 Data Arch VC Meeting: Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server Professionals
Subject:Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server ProfessionalsLevel:200 (Intermediate)Start...
2011-09-12
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September 15 Data Arch VC Meeting: Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server Professionals
September 15 Data Arch VC Meeting: Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server Professionals
Subject:Architecture Career Paths for SQL Server ProfessionalsLevel:200 (Intermediate)Start...
2011-09-12
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Striped backups in SQL Server
Some DBA's don't realize that SQL server can perform a database backup that breaks up the files - stripes them - in...
2011-09-12
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SSRS 2005 Error: The Item “/” cannot be found
Couple of months back, one of our SSRS 2005 staging server became inaccessible. When we opened the report manager, it...
2011-09-10
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SSRS 2008 R2: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
We have a report in SSRS 2008 which calls multiple sub-reports. One of the sub-reports contains a data region (tablix) in...
2011-09-10
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24 Hours of PASS & SQL Saturday(s)
I survived 24 Hours of PASS! Just wrapped up delivering my presentation for the 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) on...
2011-09-09
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Come to SQL Saturday 92 in Portland
Are you In Portland, Oregon?
Do you plan to be in Portland on Saturday, October 8th?
Can you be in Portland on...
2011-09-09
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Little Workaround in Report Manager
I had an issue this week in Report Manager. I was generating a report (we’ll call it General Widgets Report),...
2011-09-09
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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