Free SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course
If you are new to Business Intelligence (BI) and learn best by watching videos and “playing”, then this course is...
2011-07-08
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Baseball and Scheduling Your Vacation, and a Puzzle?
I saw an article in the newspaper titled How to Visit 30 Ballparks in 35 Days This Summer. I think...
2011-07-08
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Count to 41
My children never cease to delight me in all kinds of ways, but never more when they come up with some...
2011-07-08
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2011-07-08
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Re-blog – July 1-July 7
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-07-08
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Brute-force searching for data.
Today, I needed a way of searching through a database, any database, looking for a certain string. The procedure I...
2011-07-08
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Wife and kids are leaving for holiday (it’s not off-topic)
My wife and kids are leaving for holiday (without me). Bad thing is that I will miss them, good thing...
2011-07-07
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SQLDIY: Index Fragmentation Levels
Indexes, indexes, indexes my kingdom for an index! Well, something like that. Indexes are the single most important structure in...
2011-07-07
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The IF Statement in a T-SQL Query
I’ve seen quite a few posts from people asking how to do something like this:
SELECT
a.ID
, IF a.MyChar = 'A' THEN...
2011-07-07
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Maciej Pilecki Speaking at Space Coast UG on July 14, 2011
Just got an email from the Space Coast User Group that Maciej Pilecki (@DrHouseOfSQL) will be doing a presentation to...
2011-07-07
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The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
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I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
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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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Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request
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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