SQL Rally: One Day on Query Performance Tuning
The SQLRally, a new PASS initiative taking place in the spring, is going to be a community driven event. This...
2010-10-26
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Bucket List
I have no intentions of kicking the bucket – ever. I have no intentions of getting old either. We’ll see how...
2010-10-26
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SQLSaturday National Blog Sponsors
With SQLSaturday #49 we tried something I call micro-sponsors, charging $5 for a blogger to sponsor the event. It’s a...
2010-10-26
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New Book on Query Optimizer
Benjamin Nevarez (blog) has been working really hard on a book on the Query Optimizer. It just got finished in...
2010-10-26
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Q3 Review
Finally I am getting around to posting my Quarterly Goal review. Last quarter’s review can be found here.
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2010-10-26
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SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #11 with Steve Simon
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #11 with Steve Simon
Queue the track. I can’t help hearing the theme song from Indiana Jones...
2010-10-26
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2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
It’s getting down to brass tacks. There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a...
2010-10-26
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The SQL Rally Pre Conference Seminars
There’s a change in how pre-conference seminars are being picked for the SQL Rally event next year in Orlando, FL....
2010-10-26
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Houston Tech Fest 2010
A few weekends ago, I participated in my first Tech Fest, speaking at the Houston Tech Fest 2010 event held...
2010-10-26
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SQL Saturday 56 Dallas (BI Edition) - Recap
This past Saturday, our NTSSUG group hosted SQL Saturday 56, which was our second SQL Saturday of the year. This...
2010-10-26
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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...
Forums
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