Pagination in SQL Server
It amazes me how much easier certain tasks have gotten in SQL Server. I was watching the Nov 2014 SQL...
2015-01-22 (first published: 2015-01-15)
8,994 reads
SQLStudies
TSQL Tuesday #62: Invitation to Healthy SQL – Why Page Verify?
I don’t think anyone’s ever been happy to get a support call at 11pm on a Saturday night. However this...
2015-01-15 (first published: 2015-01-13)
6,313 reads
Discussing Security with Boris Hristov on SQLHangout #29
Over the years I’ve done a number of posts on various aspects of security. In fact the first thing I...
2015-01-12
541 reads
Finding the reason for the error “Subquery returned more than 1 value”
First this type of error is because a subquery returned more than one row when it wasn’t allowed to. In...
2015-01-07
1,287 reads
SQL Judo’s Monthly Challenge – January 2014 – Restore the Master
Every month SQL Judo (Russ Thomas) (b/t) challenges us to do his Monthly DBA Challenge. I’ve decided it would be...
2015-01-08 (first published: 2015-01-05)
6,261 reads
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million...
2014-12-30
930 reads
Finding a common AD group for a set of users.
I work for a large organization that over the last few years has been doing a LOT of reorgs. And...
2014-12-31 (first published: 2014-12-29)
5,899 reads
Do you want to build an Audit?
So I’ve written my second article for SQL Shack. This time instead of an overview of auditing options in sql...
2014-12-29
1,232 reads
Playing with the log – VLF order while growing the log
The log file is one of those parts of SQL Server I find fascinating. For instance it is composed of...
2014-12-23 (first published: 2014-12-17)
5,852 reads
‘Twas 4:45 Friday
‘Twas 4:45 Friday, and all through the office
not a creature was stirring, not even the bosses.
The code was checked in,...
2014-12-25 (first published: 2014-12-16)
5,360 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