TSQL Tuesday #60: Something New Learned – What permissions does have?
What have I learned recently? Well as it happens I learned something rather interesting recently and was actually trying to...
2014-11-11
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TSQL Tuesday #60: Something New Learned – What permissions does
How to remove additional (unwanted) log files
Using multiple data files is a common best practice for a number of reasons, but multiple log files? Typically a...
2014-11-05
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My DTS Package won’t load with the error “here were errors loading package”
You are trying to open a DTS package (yes some people still use DTS packages) and receive the following error:
Error...
2014-11-03
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Playing with the log – Before the first full backup
The log file tends to fascinate me. In fact one of my favorite posts is where I looked into the...
2014-10-29
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A script to list the DTS connection information for every package on the instance.
For those of you who have moved completely to SQL 2012 & 2014, Lucky you and don’t judge! For the rest...
2014-10-27
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Force only certain values to be unique
I thought of something rather interesting the other day while answering a question asking for help with some table structures....
2014-11-03 (first published: 2014-10-22)
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Update to “The clustered index columns are in all of the non clustered indexes.”
I certainly hadn’t planned on creating a part two of my post on clustered index columns but in the comments...
2014-10-29 (first published: 2014-10-20)
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UNION vs UNION ALL
You might be wondering why I’m going into such a simple subject. Well the way I see it there are...
2014-10-16
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TSQL Tuesday #59: My Hero, My Inspiration, My Wife
TSQL Tuesday is a blog party started by Adam Machanic (b/t) almost 5 years ago. This month Tracey McKibben (b/t)...
2014-10-14
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Required reading before upgrading SQL Server.
I was watching a great presentation by Brent Ozar(b/t) on why to move to SQL 2014 and in the Q...
2014-10-08
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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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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