The Basics of Joins – Skill #4
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-10-25
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Seeing Yourself as Others Do
As life skills go one of the hardest is to see yourself as others do – they apply all kinds of...
2011-10-25
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SQL Server XQuery Against Execution Plans
One of the greatest things about all the DMOs is how you can combine the information they present to you...
2011-10-25
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Multiple query plans for the same query?
A while back i was creating a stored procedure to be used for pulling data from the SQL Server into...
2011-10-25
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Tuesday Hardware Tidbits
There have been a few interesting developments on the hardware front over the past week that I want to cover...
2011-10-25
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It’s Your Career
It’s your career. It’s something you have to take ownership of and work on. I know that life is busy,...
2011-10-24
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What is Microsoft TAP and RDP?
Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) are ways for Microsoft to get early feedback on new products or product...
2011-10-24
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Brad or Spot?
Today we have another guest post from Steve Jones.
I’m no expert on animals, but I have a little experience out...
2011-10-24
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SET ARITHABORT ON
When completing an installation I saw the following error – which stopped the installation .
The error occurred during the creation of...
2011-10-24
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I Can’t Go To Space
If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...
2011-10-24
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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