Compressing Outcomes
You find yourself cruising along, just doing your thing as a database administrator. Then the CIO plops down into a...
2015-08-24
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SQL RNNR
Compressing Outcomes
Find yourself struggling to determine the outcome of attempted compression settings in your database? This should help!
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Tables, Columns and Defaults Oh My!
Picture this if you could. You inherit a new database either through the change of a job, or finding a...
2015-08-31 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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Tables, Columns and Defaults Oh My!
The joys of inheriting a new database and being thrown into the fire to quickly assimilate as much information about the database as possible can be troublesome. This script...
2015-08-19
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Compressing Encrypted Backups
A common requirement, whether it be based out of pure want or truly out of necessity, is to make a...
2015-08-11
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Compressing Encrypted Backups
A common requirement, whether it be based out of pure want or truly out of necessity, is to make a large database backup file, that is encrypted, be much...
2015-08-11
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What is DBCC?
If I ask you what is DBCC, what would your answer be?
I want you to think about that one for...
2015-08-11
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What is DBCC?
What is really mean by DBCC and what do people mean when they say DBCC?
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HealthySQL – A Review
How well do you know the health of your SQL Servers and databases? Ever wonder about the current health or...
2015-08-14 (first published: 2015-08-07)
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HealthySQL – A Review
A quick look into the book by Robert Pearl: Healthy SQL.
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The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
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,...
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Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request
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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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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