Troubleshooting intermitten connectivity issues can be difficult. One approach is to repeatedly test connecting to SQL Server outside of an existing application in order to verify if a server-wide intermitten issue is occurring. This script is used to test remote connectivity to a SQL Server. The script loops in one minute intervals (adjust as needed). […]
2006-09-04 (first published: 2006-08-08)
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Use this Perl script to produce an audit report of both share permissions and NTFS permissions of the shared folders. To report share permissions:Use shareperms.pl -p -SMyServer1 to report on a single server.Or use shareperms.pl -p -SMyServer1,MyServer2 for multiple servers.You can also use a text file as input: shareperms.pl -p -CServers.txtTo report NTFS permissions use […]
2006-06-27 (first published: 2006-06-11)
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Auditing, analyzing and documenting your SQL Server installation is becoming more important all the time, especially as more and more attention is being paid to the security of your environment. Chad Miller brings us a look at a framework and a sample document you can use in your environment to conduct an audit.
2005-10-24
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Auditing SQL Server, or any system, is not an easy task and with new regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley, it is becoming a full time job in some environments. Chad Miller brings us a way that he developed with Excel and some scripting to automate some of the security information for a large installation of SQL Servers.
2005-10-04
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We saw a note from Chad about a tool he wrote in the forums and asked him to write up some notes. Not only did we get notes, we got the source code! See what a DBA can do with some DMO.
2004-03-17
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Retrieve SQL Server port number from registry. Useful for SQL Servers running named instances or non-standard TCP port numbers.
2003-06-04
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Although there are legitimate reasons for using filegroups, Chad Miller recently encountered a situation where they were used too much. He shows you in this article why and how to remove excessive filegroups.
2003-02-11
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T-SQL which scripts out all linked and remote servers. Works on SQL 7.0 and 2000. Remote login password is only decrypted on SQL 7.0.
2002-12-05
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By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
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I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
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I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers