Successful Teams: Everyone Performs
By day I'm a DBA. Nights and weekends I'm a junior high youth pastor and Awana commander. I have the...
2010-11-03
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By day I'm a DBA. Nights and weekends I'm a junior high youth pastor and Awana commander. I have the...
2010-11-03
1,478 reads
Last Wednesday I woke up feeling under the weather with a hoarse voice. I wasn't up to doing the presentation...
2010-11-01
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Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...
2010-10-29
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Tuesday
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter - Five Fast Fixes for Fatal Flaws - Brent Ozar
Wednesday
SQL Lunch - Data Mining in SQL Server and Power...
2010-10-29
1,818 reads
I woke up this morning about 3 AM with clogged sinuses and a fever. Great. The changing weather patterns that...
2010-10-27
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I won't say I despise SQL Server Management Studio's (SSMS) display for execution plans, but it's about at that level....
2010-10-27
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With the new securables since SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has advised that we start moving away from the fixed server...
2010-10-26
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Unless James Bond is in the picture, security is usually not a sexy topic. However, we all lament the lack...
2010-10-25
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This coming Wednesday I'll be speaking for SQL Lunch on the topic of Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server. The abstract for...
2010-10-22
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Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Applied MDX - Kevin Geoff
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Refactoring SQL Applications - Jeremiah Peschka
Pragmatic Works - Pro...
2010-10-22
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By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Planning for Change
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Importing Excel files into SQL...
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