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  • September 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm

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    opc.three (9/4/2012)

    All sysadmins can execute any commands they wish and those commands will run in the context of the SQL Server service account, i.e. you lose the ability to audit who did what.

    Consider that all sysadmins can turn on xp_CmdShell at the drop of a hat. 😉

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)