Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Internet Explorer Vulnerability

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're using Internet Explorer, be advised Microsoft has released a
security advisory for Internet Explorer. This would allow an attacker
to...

2006-03-28

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Rights within the database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is a follow-on to my post What are the actual rights?

First and foremost, I want to include membership in...

2006-03-14

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What are the actual rights?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the things I've started to work on are some scripts to quickly
be able to pull what a user's...

2006-03-14

1,447 reads

First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I received a copy of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
a few weeks back from Kathi. Because of illness and...

2006-03-13

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Tool Updates

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Catching up on recent updates for tools I've looked at and/or recommended.

SQL Server Tools:

PromptSQL is now up to version 1.4....

2006-03-13

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Microsoft MVP Program

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I think anyone who posts actively in the various on-line forums for
Microsoft products (such as SSC.com) hopes one day to...

2006-02-23

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Mavericks don't make it

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the blogs I most enjoy reading is Life Beyond Code.
This blog allows me to take off my technology...

2006-02-18

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My Reading list

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In the tradition of many others, I decided to add a reading list to my professional site. The reading list...

2006-02-16

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Testing, Testing, and More Testing

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been out of pocket and off the forums for the last few weeks as
we've had several major tasks where...

2006-02-15

1,371 reads

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw this on Greg Hughes' blog
and wondered, "What in the world?" So I took a look. It's one of...

2006-02-10

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Blogs

Did You Really Name That Default?

Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...

Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page

We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...

Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation

Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...

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Forums

The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI

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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions

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Identity Defaults

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

Identity Defaults

What happens when I run this code?

CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
     id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
     somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO

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