Database Maintenance Without Breaking The Bank
Database maintenance does not have to be expensive. There are free tools out there that will make your life easier. Of...
2018-02-22 (first published: 2018-02-13)
3,191 reads
Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.
Waiting Tasks Reveal Pain Points
Waiting tasks quickly shows you where to look for the bottlenecks. This is only one of the many times that I...
2018-02-14 (first published: 2018-02-06)
2,891 reads
Layman’s Guide to Performance Tuning
Performance tuning is one of those things that is hard to get right when you do not have an established...
2018-02-08 (first published: 2018-01-30)
3,537 reads
My Favorite SQL Prompt Features
SQL Prompt from Redgate Software is one of the tools that I cannot live without. Well, that’s probably an exaggeration...
2018-02-02 (first published: 2018-01-23)
3,315 reads
How To Split Table Partitions Automatically
Table partitions can bring a lot of benefits to the manageability and performance of your SQL Server – that is if...
2018-01-16
1,003 reads
SQL Operations Studio As Monitoring Dashboard
Microsoft as a company has entered a new phase of innovation under the leadership of their CEO Satya Nadella. In...
2018-01-09
576 reads
My Tech Reading List to Start the Year
My bold learning goals call for adequate preparation and proportionate action. Before plunging into the challenge, I need to get...
2018-01-12 (first published: 2018-01-02)
1,821 reads
My Learning Goals for 2018
A couple of weeks ago, the SQL Server community had their last T-SQL Tuesday of the year – 97th since 2009...
2017-12-26
768 reads
Book Review: High Performance SQL Server
As SQL Server professionals, we sometimes encounter some issues that we haven’t seen before or have seen already but forgot...
2017-10-03
404 reads
Power BI KPI Report: Hospital Charge Data
Update: Just getting started with Power BI? You can download the Power BI Report File for this KPI Report. Please...
2016-02-16
2,190 reads
Blogs
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,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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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