The SQL Server Security Model, Part 1: Logins [Foundations Friday]
How secure are your databases?
No, not your network. Just your databases. If your company is like most, the strongest security...
2016-01-22
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The Data Files
Foundations Friday starts now
Earlier this month, my friend Tim Ford (b|t) proposed an idea:
A 2016 challenge to technical bloggers: 1 introductory level blog...
2016-01-21
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New Year, New Look, New Focus
Happy New Year, and welcome back! One of the projects I undertook over the holidays was to give the site...
2016-01-12
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[T-SQL Tuesday] Data modeling: The trouble with prefixes
This month, Mickey Stuewe (b|t) hosted T-SQL Tuesday, giving us a topic of “data modeling gone wrong“. This is a fantastic...
2015-11-23 (first published: 2015-11-17)
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[T-SQL Tuesday] Data modeling: The trouble with prefixes
This month, Mickey Stuewe (b|t) hosted T-SQL Tuesday, giving us a topic of “data modeling gone wrong“. This is a fantastic...
2015-11-17
421 reads
[T-SQL Tuesday] Data modeling: The trouble with prefixes
This month, Mickey Stuewe (b|t) hosted T-SQL Tuesday, giving us a topic of “data modeling gone wrong“. This is a fantastic...
2015-11-17
411 reads
SQLNewBlogger, Week 3
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been writing much this week.
Last weekend, I didn’t feel well and didn’t...
2015-11-15
330 reads
SQLNewBlogger, Week 3
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been writing much this week.
Last weekend, I didn’t feel well and didn’t...
2015-11-15
224 reads
SQLNewBlogger, Week 3
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been writing much this week.
Last weekend, I didn’t feel well and didn’t...
2015-11-15
229 reads
SQL New Blogger Challenge: Week 1 recap
Thanks to everyone who participated in week 1 of the SQL New Blogger Challenge! Eight posts were written this week...
2015-11-07
428 reads
Blogs
The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
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,...
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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