SQL in the City (London) is a Great Success
This is what my audience looked like from the stage just before I started speaking at the first of my...
2011-07-19
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – SET STATISTICS [IO|TIME] ON
My colleagues and I often joke around with “If it takes less than a second, then it’s okay!”. The reason...
2011-07-19
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The SQLSaturday Sensation - Celebrating the 100th Event!
The SQLSaturday Sensation!
Congratulations, Brazil! You are the recipient host country for SQLSaturday #100!! On Saturday, November 26, 2011, when the...
2011-07-19
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Un-SQL Friday #005: Bad Interviews
Yesterday a friend told me a tale of an interview he conducted with a, shall we say, less than desirable...
2011-07-19
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Vote for the 2011 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
It’s been my experience that most DBA’s aren’t properly recognized for their contributions to their organizations. As the “protectors of...
2011-07-19
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Denali SQLPS First Impressions
I’ve taken a few hours to try out Denali CTP 3 sqlps and noticed some welcome changes. The biggest change...
2011-07-18
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Event: NJSQL UG Tomorrow 7/19 - Management Data Warehouse
If you're in the local NY/NJ Tri-State area, and planning on attending, this is a reminder from the New Jersey...
2011-07-18
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Execute Permissions
Written by David Postlethwaite
Security of the SQL database is becoming more and more important these days yet I’m finding that...
2011-07-18
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Manic Monday......Notes from the field, Playing catchup
It's the beginning of the new work week, and as they say, it's Just Another Manic Monday....[Bangles].
I have a...
2011-07-18
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 5 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2. This CU has ten fixes listed in...
2011-07-18
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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