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

Community Megaphone Site for User Group Announcements

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're looking to advertise your user group meetings, code camps, SQL Saturdays, etc., there a site that's trying to...

2008-07-10

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Contact Me Disabled

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been getting spammed like crazy through the Contact Me link. As a result, I've had to disable it. If...

2008-07-10

627 reads

Midlands PASS Meeting - July 17 - SQL Server MVP John Welch

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a...

2008-07-03

731 reads

Off-Topic: Microsoft Marketing

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw a blog post by Robert Hensing talking about Microsoft's new GPS product and its very uncreative name. This...

2008-06-17

1,885 reads

Avoid Domain Admin level accounts for SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Every so often I see a post in the forums where someone has stated they've used a Domain Admin level...

2008-06-12

12,938 reads

How to Do and Not Do Customer Support

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for use both for professional work (consulting & presentations) and ministry (mostly presentations)....

2008-06-10

801 reads

Data Loss Mailing List and Database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The folks at attrition.org have been stalwarts in providing information to the security community for ages, it seems. I first...

2008-06-04

682 reads

Security by Obscurity?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Warren points to a TechNet article about Security by Obscurity and wanted me to post some notes. Let's start...

2008-06-04

969 reads

Now on Twitter

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A few colleagues of mine, Andy Leonard, Jason Massie, and Chuck Boyce, are all on Twitter. As a matter of fact,...

2008-05-30

1,532 reads

Security Issue with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have a CTP of SSRS 2008 deployed to one of my servers. Today I built a couple of reports...

2008-05-30

2,556 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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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)

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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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