Video: Walk & Talk #002 – RTO
Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
What is it and why does it matter?
I am actually walking this time! Join me to walk...
2014-09-18
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Passwords – A T-SQL Tuesday Topic
Being engrossed with the daily tasks at hand I completely missed this month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being brought to you...
2014-09-18
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SQL Prompt 6.4 – Get It
This guy looks just like me a few weeks ago only one difference…..he has hair!!! Okay seriously though, I felt...
2014-09-18
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DR drill - Part 1: General
Every DBA in their career should have done DR drill at some point, in fact it should be done in...
2014-09-18
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Why I Support PASS & Why I Criticize PASS
A friend recently asked me about my involvement with PASS, and that lead to the two questions in the title....
2014-09-17
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Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 12 contains all the hotfixes...
2014-09-17
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Cumulative Update – 2 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 2ndcumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 2 contains all the hotfixes released...
2014-09-17
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[SQL Snacks Video] Performance Tuning 101 – Baseline with PAL Tools
Welcome to Part 1 of my SQL Snack Pack on Performance Tuning! The series is dedicated to help beginners understand...
2014-09-17
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Why I’m Not Excited About Hekaton (In-Memory OLTP)
A while back I had written a post about why I’m excited about Hekaton (now called ‘In-Memory OLTP’ – not sure...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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I Am Running For the PASS Board of Directors: #passvotes
This year, I submitted my application to run for the PASS Board and it was accepted. This then is my...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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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