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
417 reads
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
2,540 reads
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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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
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Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
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ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers