Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 16
As you can see my third attempt on Fiverr didn’t work out great. I asked for something bold/high contrast and...
2014-05-31
1,071 reads
SQLAndy
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 15
After doing some local exploring of the idea of delivering certificates of completion I don’t think it’s enough of a...
2014-05-30
1,253 reads
Notes From The May 2014 MagicPASS Meeting
Quick notes:
About a dozen people attended, attributed to the combination of having the meeting on a different than usual night...
2014-05-29
1,175 reads
The End of the Mentoring Experiment
Back in April 2011 Steve Jones and I launched The Mentoring Experiment. We had some ideas and some goals, but...
2014-05-29
1,289 reads
We’re Giving Away SQLSaturday Orlando Vans!
We’re in full marketing mode here in Orlando, looking for ways to grow attendance for our next SQLSaturday coming up...
2014-05-29
1,433 reads
Speaking at MagicPASS Tonight
I’m back at MagicPASS tonight, delivering two presentations – one about credit card security using SQL Server and one about learning...
2014-05-28
607 reads
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 14
Quick notes today:
Event team likes first flyer (retro) better than the second one (doesn’t have enough why, doesn’t use space...
2014-05-28
446 reads
PASS 2014 NomCom Candidates Announced
Eleven candidates for the nomcom this year, details at http://www.sqlpass.org/Elections.aspx. The NomCom campaign will open on June 2 and close...
2014-05-28
636 reads
How Much Value Would a SQLSaturday Certificate of Completion Have?
Note: Posted May 27, 2014, additions posted May 28, 2014 further down.
I think it’s been discussed a time or two,...
2014-05-27
715 reads
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 13
Here is the second of the two flyers I ordered from fiverr.com (see the first one here). The center image...
2014-05-27
557 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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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