Using DDL triggers to audit events
Create DDL table in SQL Server 2005 to audit Data Definition Language (DDL) trigger events when DML statements run. Define DDL trigger to track SQL changes.
2008-05-15
3,467 reads
Additional Articles
Essential Steps for the Integrated Enterprise Data Warehouse, Part 2
This article describes what the dimension manager and fact provider do, and how to configure business intelligence tools to use the integrated EDW.
2008-05-14
2,226 reads
Modifying Microsoft Access Linked Tables from SQL Server
In a previous tip we saw how easy it was to link to SQL Server tables from Microsoft Access. As is the case with all systems, how does Access manage the changes? What happens when you modify the structure of the underlying SQL Server table? What happens to the SQL Server table if you delete the linked table in Access? We will look at each of these situations in this tip.
2008-05-14
3,960 reads
Essential Steps for the Integrated Enterprise Data Warehouse, Part 1
This article provides guidance to what an integrated EDW is and what design elements are needed to achieve integration.
2008-05-13
2,998 reads
SQL Server Management Studio Reports and Dashboard
This article examines the built in reports called SQL Server Management Studio Reports and an additional add-on called Performance Dashboard.
2008-05-13
5,062 reads
Screencast: SQL PerfMon counters for buffer manager
SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline focuses on PerfMon counters for SQL Server and shares best practices for tracking IO intensive access methods and buffer manager activity.
2008-05-12
2,558 reads
Tuning the Performance of Backup Compression in SQL Server 2008
ckup compression is a new feature in SQL Server 2008 that can help provide smaller sized backups and reduce backup time. This document provides guidance related to tuning options for backup performance. All of the information and test results presented here were done specifically by using the backup compression feature of SQL Server 2008; however, they apply broadly to any backup scenario whether backup compression is used or not
2008-05-12
2,214 reads
Scalability and Goal Testing for Developers
Often developers are tasked with not only developing functional code, but also with ensuring that the code they develop scales well and performs in the application environment.
2008-05-09
2,508 reads
Best Practices for Troubleshooting Slow Running Queries
In this article we will share some of the common reasons for slow-running queries and what your approach should be for identifying and fixing them.
2008-05-08
8,233 reads
Testing SQL Stored Procedures Using LINQ
The need to test a program that accesses and manipulates a back-end SQL Server® database is very common. In many such cases, the application interacts with the back-end data through the use of SQL stored procedures. In this type of scenario, you can think of the stored procedures as auxiliary methods of the system under test; and they must therefore be tested just like any other module in the system.
2008-05-08
4,526 reads
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