Learn to organise notes around problems, useful search terms, and review dates so earlier SQL Server work becomes easy to find and trust.
Checking Which Accounts the SQL Server Services Run As
Inventory SQL Server services and their accounts, compare virtual and managed identities, and verify permissions after a change.
SQL SERVER – Readers Contribution to Site – Simple Example of Cursor
A reader wanted to join values from several rows into one record. Imran Mohammed answered with a simple example of cursor code in SQL Server 2005.
SQL SERVER – Deferred Name Resolution
Why can a stored procedure with a wrong table name be created, but not one with a wrong column name? Deferred Name Resolution explains it.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Introduction to SPARSE Columns – Part 2
Part 2 on SPARSE Columns in SQL Server 2008: how they are stored as one XML column, plus the main advantages and the limits you should know about.
SQL SERVER – SP_CONFIGURE – Displays or Changes Global Configuration Settings
The global configuration list shows configured and effective SQL Server settings. I compare both before deciding that a change has taken effect.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – User Account – sa or sysadmin
SQL Server 2008 treats sysadmin as the modern home for the old sa account rights. Here is what changed and why sa now needs a password.