Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting for January

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Our next meeting will be
on Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 6:30 PM. It'll be at the Training Concepts
facility...

2006-12-29

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Setting Goals for the New Year and Beyond

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've never been a big fan of "New Year's Resolutions" for the same reason most other folks are against them:...

2006-12-29

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How to handle an invalid default database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My general recommendation for SQL Server service accounts and accounts that have sysadmin fixed server role membership is to default...

2006-12-11

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Midlands PASS Chapter is official

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A group of us met on Thursday, December 7th, 2006, and voted to approve the bylaws and a motion to...

2006-12-11

1,464 reads

Jason Haley recently began posting his interesting finds again

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Jason Haley used to post his Interesting Finds about every day, if not multiple times a day. The interesting finds...

2006-12-09

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SysInternals Tools Updated

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Several SysInternals Tools have been updated. One of the big updates was to the PSTools Suite - now you can pass...

2006-12-09

1,440 reads

Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools Available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're like me and rely a lot on the resource kit tools, you may have found that it's relatively...

2006-12-09

1,885 reads

Log Buffer #22: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Welcome to the 22nd edition of Log Buffer, a
weekly compendium of postings and news from database-related blogs across the...

2006-12-08

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Extreme Work

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

"The Productivity Pro" Laura Stack posted in her blog today about jobs where long hours are the norm:

'Extreme' jobs...

2006-12-05

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Guidance on Microsoft Certified Architect Submissions

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

For those considering the Microsoft Certified Architect program, some guidance on what to submit as documentation has been posted to...

2006-12-05

1,470 reads

Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward

This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...

dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts

By Koen Verbeeck

You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...

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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases

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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases

Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?

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