Configuring Service Account Privileges for SQL Server
How to grant Windows privileges to the SQL Server's service account.
2012-02-28
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Lock Pages in Memory
Great SQL Server Debates: Lock Pages in Memory
There has been much debate over the need for the Lock Pages in Memory privilege, on 64-bit versions of SQL Server. Jonathan Kehayias presents a "warts and all" account of its history, the confusions surrounding its use, and why he believes it's still a good default configuration for 64-bit SQL Server instances, even when running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2.
2011-12-29
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Poor Man's Enterprise Feature - Lock Pages in Memory
Enable Lock Pages in memory on Standard edition was ONLY an Enterprise feature until now. Read this article to see how you enable this setting in SQL Server.
2009-10-15
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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