So Long Seattle and Thanks for all the Fish!
I’ve had some good times in the Seattle area. I’ve lived in the Seattle are since 1987 and graduated high...
2015-10-25
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Hekaton Part 9: Things Hash Indexes can't do
Last few posts have explored hash indexes in depth. This one will deal with the limitations on Hash Indexes. What...
2015-10-25
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SQL in the City Comes to Seattle in 3 Days
Last week I spoke at SQL in the City 2015 in London, and it was a great event. We had...
2015-10-23
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SQL in the City Comes to Seattle in 3 Days
Last week I spoke at SQL in the City 2015 in London, and it was a great event. We had...
2015-10-23
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Improved #MinionBackup and #MinionReindex – new versions!
We released Minion Backup 1.1 and Minion Reindex 1.2 this week! We’ve got a some great new features, and a number of bug fixes....
2015-10-23
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Talk to Me at PASS Summit
If you’re going to PASS and you want to have a chat, I want to talk to you. If it’s...
2015-10-23
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SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot be created on a SPARSE column
Hi friends, as we know that in SQL Server 2012 a new feature Columnstore index was introduced which made a...
2015-10-23
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PASS Summit 2015 Plans
I’m flying out Sunday morning on my usual direct flight from Orlando to Seattle. I like getting there a day...
2015-10-23
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Counting Events
This article will show how to implement an XEvent Session that employs the use of the event_counter target that is used for counting events. IN addition, you will be...
2015-10-23
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Counting Events
After reading through the articles about the pair_matching target (here) and the article on the histogram target (here), this one is...
2015-10-23
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Blogs
Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?
While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder
By James Serra
(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
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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
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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