You may have cases where an ancient application is using an old login or the wrong password. SQL Server is great about auditing failed logins and recording that they happened; it is not so great, however, at providing enough information to locate them. Aaron Bertrand offers some help.
2014-05-02
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Sometimes, you just want to do a search in a SQL Server database as if you were using a search engine like Google. Besides the obvious Full-Text search, Phil Factor describes some of the techniques for finding that pesky data that resists the normal SELECT blandishments.
2014-05-01
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This article outlines the pros and cons associated with the different methods for moving SQL Server databases to new storage within a 15 minute timeframe.
2014-04-30
3,013 reads
Test-driven development is often taught using simple examples, such as calculating the scores for a game of ten-pin bowling. Using the same practice effectively on a real code base isn’t as easy. This article covers some of the questions that arise when dealing with larger code bases and changing requirements.
2014-04-29
5,710 reads
This article outlines how to measure resource usage, and use these measurements to develop quality metrics for Big Data applications.
2014-04-28
4,186 reads
Michael Sorens aims to make PowerShell a bit easier to get going with by providing a series of collections of general-purpose one-liners to cover most of what you'll need to get useful scripting done.
2014-04-25
6,795 reads
There is a stored procedure that must be run by only one user at a time. In this tip, learn how to prevent multiple users from running the stored procedure at the same time.
2014-04-24
6,094 reads
The task of Database Normalization doesn't have to be painful, especially if you follow Old Mother Celko's Normalization Heuristics.
2014-04-23
6,652 reads
Marcin Policht reviews security related challenges of Microsoft Azure Software as a Service-based SQL Database, focusing in particular on the SQL Server and database-level firewall access control functionality and methods that can be employed to implement it.
2014-04-22
3,521 reads
Simple-Talk sat down with David Bick, a Red Gate Product Manager, to discuss his work on SQL Monitor and why passively monitoring SQL Server just doesn’t cut it anymore.
2014-04-21
4,290 reads
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