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

New KB Article on Remote Mirroring Support Requirements

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article on the
requirements to receive support for what is known as remote mirroring.

Requirements...

2006-07-07

1,726 reads

New Article on SQL Server 2005 Logins

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I wrote a new article for SQL Server Central on SQL Server 2005 Logins. It covers the basics. This is...

2006-07-05

1,406 reads

Microsoft Office 2007 Delayed

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It looks like Microsoft Office 2007 will be delayed due to performance
issues. It was supposed to release in conjunction with...

2006-06-29

1,365 reads

Idera SQL Check updated for SQL Server 2005

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Idera's SQL Check
has been updated to support SQL Server 2005. SQL Check is a free
performance monitoring tool, not anywhere near...

2006-06-28

1,556 reads

WinFS rolled into next version of SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A blog posting from the WinFS team
caught me a bit by surprise today. Apparently I wasn't the only one,
judging by...

2006-06-27

1,557 reads

Top 100 Network Security Tools

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is a bit dated (it came out last week), but here is the list of
the top 100 network security...

2006-06-26

1,462 reads

Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Local Chapter in Columbia, SC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We are starting up efforts again to try and get a local PASS
chapter based in the Columbia, SC area. If...

2006-06-23

1,391 reads

SANS Stay Sharp Course - SEC351: Computer and Network Security Awareness

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A few years ago I took the SANS GIAC Security Essentials Course on-line. Included in it was an attempt at...

2006-06-21

2,161 reads

Whitepaper: SQL Server 2005 Physical Database Storage Design

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft has released a whitepaper on SQL Server 2005 Physical Database Storage Design
(Microsoft Word document). It's 35 pages in length...

2006-06-15

2,068 reads

Distributing Database Connection Strings Using Active Directory Group Policy

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I ran into Brian Knight today on the Expo floor here at TechEd.
It was good to catch up a bit...

2006-06-13

2,344 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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