I once read somewhere that when you're connected as the owner that permissions don't need to be checked when performing operations.  Is this a significant performance gain?

Thank you for the post Steve.  What thoughts do you have about having a role own the schema?

A fun challenge!  Here's a solution using a recursive cte:

DECLARE @FirstMonth DATE = GETDATE();
;WITH [cte] AS (
SELECT DATEFROMPARTS(DATEPART(YEAR,@FirstMonth), DATEPART(MONTH,@FirstMonth), 13) AS [d] -- the 13th for...

Hey Steve, I didn't know you knew Jesus.

Praise be to our Lord and Savior!

God bless you brother! 😉