I have audited for permissions on my databases because users seem to be accessing the tables, but I don't see permissions which give them such rights. I've gone through every Windows group that has access to my SQL Server and into the database, but with no success. How are the users accessing these tables?
2010-11-26
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This article covers multipath operations that require a different hierarchical logic than SQL naturally produced hierarchical processing. These include nonlinear data ordering, the renormalization of data to remove replicated data, and the processing of network structures.
2010-11-25
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier Applications make database development, deployment and management much easier. When you create and build a Data Tier Application, it creates a single, self-contained unit of deployment called a DAC package. Arshad Ali shows you how to deploy the created DAC package and discusses the different methods of deployment.
2010-11-24
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My client wants to standardize address information for existing and future addresses collected for their customers, particularly the street suffixes. The application used to enter and collect address information has the street suffix separated from the address field, but it is a textbox instead of a drop down list therefore things are not standardized. I know there are some options out there to standarize data, but they would like a less expensive alternative. Are there any functions in SQL Server that I can use to standardized data?
2010-11-23
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Recently when I created a SQL Server Agent job to execute a SSIS package, it failed with the message "Non-SysAdmins have been denied permission to run DTS Execution job steps without a proxy account.". What is this exception about? What causes it and how do I resolve it?
2010-11-22
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One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Control Flow Script Task available in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services is its flexibility. This article demonstrates some of these capabilities by describing an approach that employs the Script Task to query data residing in an Active Directory domain database.
2010-11-19
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In a previous tip, the tip reviewed several steps for a better and improved environment for scheduled jobs. I am totally convinced with the recommendations and want to implement these for my scheduled jobs. To make this easier, I want to create a template so I can produce a suitable and reliable way of updates for my production server. In this tip I provide a step by step exercise to perform on a test server to prepare the customized and tested scripts to run on the production server.
2010-11-18
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Have you ever wished your database could tell you what's wrong or let you know when a task has completed? SQL Server's Database Mail allows the database to send out messages over SMTP. Deanna Dicken shows you how to set up Database Mail and send some messages.
2010-11-17
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In an ETL solution, error logging is a fundamental requirement for various aspects of the application and is very useful at various stages of the ETL execution life-cycle. Let's consider a scenario where our requirement is to insert records into a SQL Server table. The package should attempt loading all the records and whichever records fail, error details reported by the database engine should be reported. We will look at how to implement this in a SSIS package.
2010-11-16
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Transactional Replication is used when DML or DDL schema changes performed on an object of a database on one server needs to be reflected on the database residing on another server. This article provides a step by step guide to setting up transactional replication on SQL Server 2008 R2.
2010-11-15
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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