SQLSaturday Austin – Jan 30th
I will be speaking with other SQL Server experts for SQLSaturday #461 in Austin on Jan 30th, 2016. This is...
2016-01-18
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SQL From South West to Scotland : SQLSaturdays #496 & #502
I’m happy, honoured and humbled to be able to say that I will be presenting pre-cons and both SQL Saturday...
2016-01-17
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Troubleshooting SQL Server Operating System Error 995
Operating System Error Message
Error: 18210, Severity: 16, State:1
BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write failure on backup device ‘VDI_ DeviceID ‘. Operating system error 995...
2016-01-16
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Chips and Margaritas at SQL Saturday #461
It was a few years back that my wife and I planned a trip to the Austin City Lights music...
2016-01-15
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T-SQL for UDFs
SQL Server has plenty of built-in functions, but sometimes we just have to combine some of them to create functions for our purposes. Such one, for example, is the function...
2016-01-15
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T-SQL for UDFs
SQL Server has plenty of built-in functions, but sometimes we just have to combine some of them to create functions for our purposes. Such one, for example, is the function...
2016-01-15
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T-SQL for UDFs
SQL Server has plenty of built-in functions, but sometimes we just have to combine some of them to create functions for...
2016-01-15
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Flexibility of T-SQL for designing user defined functions
SQL Server has plenty of built-in functions but sometimes we just have to combine some of them to create functions for...
2016-01-15
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2016-01-15
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2016-01-14
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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