As yo probably know, Brian covers security topics for us and does a great job. This week he looks at the fixed roles and points out a few things you may not have thought about.   Read more...

In part one Chris Kempster covered a variety of security recommendations primarily for production systems. In Part two of this series he continues to explore security at a variety of levels where you may not realize you are vulnerable.   Read more...

If your database is marked suspect, this will show you a step-by-step guide in how to fix the problem.   Read more...

In this series of articles, Chris Kempster will discuss some of the finer aspects of SQL Server security and also touch on OS, physical and application security to open up this science for general discussion.   Read more...

This article by Andy Warren talks about using sp_addlogin to move logins from one server to another. It also points out a problem you may run into if you have a SQL 7 server that was upgraded from 6.5   Read more...

If your database is marked suspect, this will show you a step-by-step guide in how to fix the problem.   Read more...

Nice write up on the Admin Companion. Should you add it to your bookshelf? Frank offers his frank opinion.   Read more...

We saw a note from Chad about a tool he wrote in the forums and asked him to write up some notes. Not only did we get notes, we got the source code! See what a DBA can do with some DMO.   Read more...

In part one Chris Kempster covered a variety of security recommendations primarily for production systems. In Part two of this series he continues to explore security at a variety of levels where you may not realize you are vulnerable.   Read more...

The second part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.   Read more...

One of the most handy extended stored procedures in SQL Server is xp_cmdshell. This article will show you how to use it.   Read more...

As yo probably know, Brian covers security topics for us and does a great job. This week he looks at the fixed roles and points out a few things you may not have thought about.   Read more...

Andy takes us through a recent troubleshooting session that includes a call to PSS. Ever run agent from the command line? Have a good idea of what justifies a call to PSS? Read this to learn more.   Read more...

We asked Chris to put together some information on how he uses VSS, a subject that comes up a lot as we have articles and discussions that involve change management. Change management isn't easy, you definitely need a pattern to work from. This two part article gives you a pattern you can start with and customize to your needs.   Read more...

In this article by Neil Weicher, he talks about encryption of data and files for SQL Server.   Read more...

In this series of articles, Chris Kempster will discuss some of the finer aspects of SQL Server security and also touch on OS, physical and application security to open up this science for general discussion.   Read more...

This article examines how index statistics are used in SQL Server 6.5   Read more...

This article examines some useful undocumented stored procedures in SQL Server 6.5   Read more...

This article presents the technical details of the page layout for data in SQL Server 6.5   Read more...

This article examines how locking occurs in SQL Server 6.5   Read more...

As yo probably know, Brian covers security topics for us and does a great job. This week he looks at the fixed roles and points out a few things you may not have thought about.   Read more...

We saw a note from Chad about a tool he wrote in the forums and asked him to write up some notes. Not only did we get notes, we got the source code! See what a DBA can do with some DMO.   Read more...

Andy takes us through a recent troubleshooting session that includes a call to PSS. Ever run agent from the command line? Have a good idea of what justifies a call to PSS? Read this to learn more.   Read more...