Availability databases hosted on SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG) can be connected using a unique Virtual Network Name (VNN), called the Availability Group Listener. When an Availability Group is enabled, clients can connect to databases in both primary and secondary replicas without explicitly specifying the SQL Server instance name. You don’t even need […]
2021-05-17
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This tip will teach you when and how you can use CASE in T-SQL statements with several code examples to give you a better understanding.
2021-05-14
You’ve submitted thousands of bug reports and feature requests at feedback.azure.com. Brent Ozar goes through what you’ve voted as the top 10 requests right now.
2021-05-14
In this tip we look at the Sequence Number feature in SQL Server and compare it to the use of identity columns.
2021-05-10
How to use a SQL random data generator to fill SQL Server tables with realistic test data, to shift left database unit testing, integration testing and performance testing so that it is performed during the early stages of database development.
2021-05-03
Check out this SQL Server function that can return memory usage information for a SQL Server instance such as the amount of memory SQL Server is using and available memory on the machine.
2021-05-03
In this article, Edward Pollack explains the benefits of a SQL Server data dictionary and how to build one.
2021-04-29
In this article we cover interesting facts about the hidden resource database in SQL Server and how this is used by SQL Server.
2021-04-28
In this article we cover the topic of data wrangling which is steps you can take to cleanup and validate data prior to data analysis.
2021-04-23
Security roles can simplify permissions in SQL Server. In this article, Greg Larsen explains fixed server and database roles.
2021-04-22
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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