In the Docs Client Protocols Properties (Order Tab), there is a note that the protocol order settings are not used by Microsoft .NET SqlClient. The protocol...

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by George Vobr.

You'll probably make fun of me for not ending it yet but I had some time, so maybe:

"Which permission, at a minimum, should a user have to execute DROP AGGREGATE?...

Hi Steve, and what about this: "Which database permission levels below can I use to run DROP AGGREGATE in SQL Server 2019?"

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by George Vobr.

Thanks Alessandro for this question and an excellent explanation.

When you execute a lambda function on a single value as:

(lambda y: y+5) (5)

then the result is 10. So the answer (5) is not correct?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by George Vobr.

"Confers ownership-like capabilities on the grantee." Yes, I read this sentence several times and also SQL Docs "ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)". Then I found links to "

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by George Vobr.

Thanks for this interesting question Steve but I'm not sure why the bcp command doesn't specify the connection to SQL Server? See Docs bcp Utility.

Thanks Steve for this question and all the work on SSC.com. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you. Good luck in the new year.

Thanks Steve for this explanation, I understand. The current state is well stated in What you can do with Language Extensions.

I have. But see also the...

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by George Vobr.

It might help to...

Thanks Steve for this question, it's a good reminder about useful preference variables.

I answered "Only a SCH-M lock". I didn't test it, I was based on DOCS Lock Compatibility, where SCH-M is not compatible with IX.

I like the way you have it well thought out, how the questions follow each other logically after weeks. There is a small detail on today's QotD from which one...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by George Vobr.

But still, this question gave me new knowledge, such as what are base packages in R, how to make a list of installed packages, because without plyr package you can...