How Do I Identify Invalid or Unneeded Logins?
Introduction
I was looking at one of my servers and was caught off-guard by how many individual users had been granted...
2010-04-07
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Is Anybody Using That Stored Procedure?
Introduction
From time to time I get asked to check if a stored procedure is still used in preparation for dropping...
2010-04-06
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Get Users By Connection
Introduction
I was recently working a production issue that required me to log in via the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC). When...
2010-04-05
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Managing the Size of the Security Cache (TokenAndPermUserStore) in SQL 2005
Introduction
In an earlier post I walked through the diagnosis of a problem with TokenAndPermUserStore bloat in SQL 2005.In this post...
2010-03-25
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My Adventures with the SQL 2005 Security Cache
Introduction
For that past couple of months I have been chasing performance issues with one of the most high profile servers...
2010-03-09
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Why Do My SQL 2008 Compressed Backups Shrink?
Introduction
Recently a coworker was doing some research with SQL 2008 Backup Compression on a very large database. During the testing...
2010-02-25
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Why Do I Need All These Servers?
Introduction
I am frequently getting requests for a new server to do this or that. Running through the usual questions to...
2010-02-23
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Stored Procedure to Sequentially Run SQL Agent Jobs
Introduction
Here is another one of my utility scripts. Lately it seems like all I am blogging about is utility scripts,...
2010-02-01
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Stored Procedure to Get SQL Job Execution Status
Introduction
Ever need a programmatic way to figure out if a SQL Agent job is running? I did. After spending a...
2010-01-31
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Using sp_ExecuteSql to Run Dynamic SQL
Introduction
Lately it seems like I am being bombarded by Dynamic SQL and people who insist it is the only way...
2010-01-21
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Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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