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

Haidong Ji blogs on a tip for learning Perl

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Haidong Ji, co-author of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, blogged on Learning Perl using the Perl Debugger. Haidong posts...

2006-07-27

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Interview with Craig Mundie on Channel 9

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Channel 9 has posted a 25 minute interview with Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer for Microsoft. You can...

2006-07-27

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New SQL Server 2005 Books Online download available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As reported in several other places... there is a new Books Online (July 2006) for SQL Server 2005. You can...

2006-07-25

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Before you submit that incident to Microsoft...

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Check out this post:

Things to consider before submitting an incident to Microsoft

Getting the information together before you make that phone...

2006-07-20

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Presenting at Columbia, SC DotNet User Group

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'll be presenting at the DotNet Columbia SC User Group on August 8th.
My presentation is tentatively titled, "Something old, something...

2006-07-20

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The Plumbing Behind MSDN 2

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There is a very interesting article about how MSDN 2 utilizes SQL
Server 2005 technologies, specifically Service Broker and CLR
integration. The...

2006-07-20

1,521 reads

Free Data Models

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw this on a Channel 9 forum thread:

Library of Free Data Models

There are quite a few starter data models...

2006-07-19

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Get a Better Understanding of How Queries Execute

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was catching up on my blog reading (unfortunately, in some cases I'm
a month behind) and came across a link...

2006-07-14

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New KB Article on SQL Server 2005 File Growth Bug

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

There is are two new KB articles on how the file growth value can become abnormally large. You can find...

2006-07-13

1,629 reads

A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Found this link on one of the security mailing lists I peruse. You can find an archive of the original...

2006-07-11

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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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