Confusion of An Old Technologist
As someone who still actively pursues a career in technology, I’m a little on the older side. I got started...
2017-02-23
416 reads
The Scary DBA
Estimated Costs of All Queries
One question constantly comes up; What should the Cost Threshold for Parallelism be? The default value of 5 is pretty...
2017-02-22 (first published: 2017-02-20)
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Export All Plans From Cache to a .SQLPLAN File
I was asked if there was an easy way to export all the plans from cache to a .SQLPLAN file....
2017-02-13
875 reads
Does Query Store Pre-Allocate Space
I love the questions I get while I’m presenting because they force me to think and learn. The question in...
2017-02-14 (first published: 2017-02-07)
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Still Grateful to Rodney Landrum
So, my blog got hacked. They edited the page where I thanked Rodney for all that he did. I had...
2017-02-06
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I have been hacked
I’m working on securing the blog. Please stand by. Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion.
The post I have been hacked...
2017-02-05
602 reads
Data About Execution Plans
If you look at the Properties for the first operator of a graphical execution plan, you get all sorts of great...
2017-01-23
537 reads
Scheduling Statistics Maintenance in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
The power and capabilities of Azure SQL Data Warehouse are pretty amazing. However, it’s still basically SQL Server under the...
2017-01-25 (first published: 2017-01-18)
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Query Optimizer and Data Definition Language Queries
Data Definition Language queries don’t go through the optimizer, right? While normally, my short answer to this question in the past would...
2017-01-10
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Database Configuration
It’s amazing just how much the landscape changed with the release of SQL Server 2016 SP1. For example, I just...
2016-12-20
474 reads
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