Start Building Your Next Network
Take a look at your network right now and while it probably has some diversity, I bet it’s tied pretty...
2012-03-30 (first published: 2012-03-25)
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SQLAndy
Gardens and Scarecrows
A few weeks ago I started clearing space for a small garden. Tedious work due to the area of the...
2012-03-16
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I’m Not a Bozo!
Something fun for Friday, this was a gift from the client I work with to lighten things up and do...
2012-03-16
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Done or Not Done
One of the things I hear a lot relating to work big and small is that it is “almost done”,...
2012-03-12
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Jedi Mind Tricks
Here’s a story from a recent meeting. We were discussing some problems and the team was talking through some options...
2012-03-12
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Notes from the February 2012 MagicPASS Meeting
I was back at MagicPASS last week to do a presentation, my first time with the group at the new...
2012-03-06
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The Armor of Transparency
Yesterday I blogged about hosting a daily status meetings and some of the tricks I use to make it work....
2012-02-27
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The Daily Status Meeting
For the past six months or so I’ve hosted a daily status meeting for a large project. It started out...
2012-03-02 (first published: 2012-02-26)
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First Impressions
I was chatting with a friend recently who had been in turn chatting with a colleague about first impressions. The...
2012-02-21
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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas...
2012-02-20
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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,...
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Pay for Performance
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
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