T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets
Place Your Bets
All bets on the table please. This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be...
2014-02-07 (first published: 2014-02-04)
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T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets
Place Your Bets All bets on the table please. This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be allowed. This marks the 51st invitation for TSQL...
2014-02-04
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Table Hierarchy updated
Recently a need resurfaced to explore the foreign key tree (hierarchy/genealogy) as it related to a specific table within a...
2014-01-21
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Table Hierarchy updated
Recently a need resurfaced to explore the foreign key tree (hierarchy/genealogy) as it related to a specific table within a database. As I pulled out the script from the...
2014-01-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #050: Automating Database Restores
Here it is time for the party of the month for the SQL Server acolytes and I was running a...
2014-01-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #050: Automating Database Restores
Here it is time for the party of the month for the SQL Server acolytes and I was running a bit behind. Why? Well, that was due in part...
2014-01-14
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January 2014 S3OLV and Tabular Models
This is really late notice. We had some extenuating circumstances this month and then a last minute cancellation. Now that...
2014-01-09
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January 2014 S3OLV and Tabular Models
This is really late notice. We had some extenuating circumstances this month and then a last minute cancellation. Now that everything is squared away, we have some great news....
2014-01-09
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Day 12 – High CPU and Bloat in Distribution
This is the final installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.
Previous articles in this...
2014-01-06
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Day 12 – High CPU and Bloat in Distribution
This is the final installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement...
2014-01-06
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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