January ’11 Meeting Reminder
If you saw my blog post the other day, you know that S3OLV has a meeting this Thursday (Jan 13,...
2011-01-13
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How to Obtain and Install SQL Server Service Packs and Cumulative Updates
If you are in charge of one or more SQL Server instances, whether they are on a laptop, or a...
2011-01-12
2,971 reads
Why Do All Funnel Charts Look The Same?
Something recently occurred to me. I’ve been researching chart and dashboard
design standards for an article I’m working on, and the...
2011-01-12
675 reads
31 Days of SSIS – UnPivot Alternative (12/31)
31 Days of SSIS
This is the twelfth post in the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. This post is going...
2011-01-12
1,014 reads
Technical Goals for 2011
I know I missed out on the massive meme yesterday (T-SQL Tuesday #14), but I blame dealing with the weather...
2011-01-12
801 reads
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups,depatures, old controversies and new beginnings
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups and departures.
It's only two weeks into the New Year 2011, but there's...
2011-01-12
1,748 reads
Intel Processor Information
Here is a small collection of links to tools for measuring and evaluating mobile and desktop processors, along with some...
2011-01-11
1,229 reads
Resolutions For 2011
This post is a part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly event where SQL bloggers post about a common topic. This...
2011-01-11
680 reads
What’s Going On at Microsoft?
Last week Donald
Farmer announced that he was leaving his long-time position as Microsoft’s lead
BI technology evangelist for QlikTech, a small...
2011-01-11
711 reads
January Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
The Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group will be hosting its first meeting of the new year. Our meeting place...
2011-01-11
1,442 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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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