Supporting Wikipedia & Other Organizations
I just sent Wikipedia five bucks. As someone who uses Wikipedia and finds it useful, I’m willing to donate in...
2014-01-01 (first published: 2013-12-26)
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SQLAndy
SQL Server Pro Community Choice Awards
I’m a bit late posting this, but it’s worth a couple minutes to check out the Community Choice awards, might...
2013-12-23
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Google IQ Test
Friday (Dec 20, 2013) the Google Doodle was a crossword puzzle. I was curious so I clicked and yes, it...
2013-12-23
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NFC Tags-Fun, And Maybe Useful at SQLSaturday
Last week I had one of those days when I read something and then heard someone talking about the same...
2013-12-16
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First Week As The DBA Whitepaper Published
For those that attended the webcast I did last week for Idera the companion whitepaper is now available for download....
2013-12-11
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Learn To Code
Today I ran through the first tutorial at Code.org. It has 20 very short lessons that use Angry Birds and...
2013-12-11
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Webcast Today: Surviving The First Week As The New DBA
Today at 3 pm EST I’m presenting Surviving The First Week As The New DBA. Some of the topics I’m...
2013-12-05
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Review: The Abilene Paradox
The Abilene Paradox by Jerry Harvey is not a new book, written in 1988. It’s part of some reading I’m...
2013-11-27
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The World Needs More A/B Testing
Have you ever been told that it’s ok to fail? Did it ever feel like it was really ok to...
2013-11-26
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Review: The Year Without Pants
The Year Without Pants by Scott Berkun is about a former manager/now speaker and writer going to work for WordPress...
2013-11-26
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Blogs
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,...
Forums
Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request
Has anyone encountered recurring request latency when using Microsoft Access with SQL Server 2025...
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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Planning for Change
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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