SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC 2011 Session Schedule Is Up!
As announced, we have posted our session schedule for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC. The event will be March 19, 2011...
2011-02-19
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
I'm in at SQL Connections!
At the end of March I'll be journeying down with the family to Orlando, Florida. We plan on stopping in...
2011-02-18
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SQL University: Home-Grown, with Real Options!
There's the light, as this is the last class for Security week at SQL University. From the scenarios we specified...
2011-02-11
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SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - Home-grown, No Options!?!
Thanks for hanging in there for Day 4 of Security Week here at SQL University. Today we're going to look at the...
2011-02-10
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Why You Should Attend SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC
Free training. Excellent speakers. Outstanding location. Great networking opportunities. Experienced and efficient event staff. These are the primary things you...
2011-02-10
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SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, Some Options
Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...
2011-02-09
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SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, No Options
Welcome back to day 2 of Security Week for this semester of SQL University. If you missed yesterday's introduction, you'll...
2011-02-08
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SQL University: Architecting SQL Server Security, the Big Picture
Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-07
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Setting the Standard with Personal Appearance
Cross-posted from the Goal Keeping DBA blog:
Personal appearance matters. We all know this. Yet a lot of times we don’t...
2011-02-04
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User Group Giveaway: My Latest Book
As I annouced earlier, Oracle and database expert, Bert Scalzo and I collaborated on an introductory text appropriately titled Introduction to SQL...
2011-01-26
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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