Varied and Interesting Links
Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...
2012-05-14
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SQLAndy
SQLRally 2012-Closing Thoughts
It was interesting to watch an event that started 17 months ago with Dallas, Nashville, and Denver submitting applications to...
2012-05-12
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SQLRally 2012-Friday
Started the day early, heading to the Convention Center to be at Starbucks at 6:45 for the networking event I...
2012-05-12
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SQLRally 2012–Thursday
Arrived at the convention center about 7:30, managed to arrive at the right end of the convention center and walked...
2012-05-11
716 reads
Logical Fallacy Poster
Ran across this recently, YourLogicalFallacyIs.com is a site that lists all the ways you can apply logic badly, and they’ve...
2012-05-10
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SQLRally 2012–Wednesday
Had a nice lunch at On The Border at Orlando International before my flight, used that time to finish some...
2012-05-10
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My Garden Update
It’s been just over two months since I started my small home garden. The initial work to clear the area...
2012-05-08
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Moving from Droid X to Droid Razr Maxx
It’s been not quite two years since I moved from a Blackberry to a Droid X. The X turned out...
2012-05-07
548 reads
My Evolving Goals for Attending Conferences
The first conference I went to back in 1999 I attended every session, the bonus sessions, the breakfasts, everything. It...
2012-05-07
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Kindle Fire Parental Controls
I blogged a while back about not having the ability to easily disable purchasing on the Kindle. Until recently we...
2012-05-05
498 reads
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
Pay for Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
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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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