SQL Server System Audit Report Rudy Panigas, 2018-05-25 (first published: 2016-02-02) With every technology, security is in the forefront of the minds of professionals around the world. Ensuring that your SQL Server is secure is the job of every Database Administrator (DBA). The DBA(s) needs to configure the system to minimize the “attack surface” (reducing […]
2019-04-18
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Ensuring that your SQL Server is secure is the job of every Database Administrator. In this article I will provide a script to help perform easier audits of your system.
2019-04-11 (first published: 2016-02-02)
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2018-01-26 (first published: 2015-10-15)
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This script will detect and display a quick summary of your SQL Server installation.
2016-08-03 (first published: 2015-01-29)
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A checklist to help optimize the performance of SQL Server
2014-12-29
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This script was designed to provide you with all the information needed to rebuild your server in case of a disaster. Current version work with 2005, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012.
2014-09-30 (first published: 2012-09-21)
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2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-02-08)
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2013-09-12 (first published: 2013-02-08)
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This article will show you how to scan SQL Server Error Logs with ease and track important information that is stored there.
2013-09-06 (first published: 2011-02-14)
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This script will produce a report on the status of the Always On replication.
2013-03-05 (first published: 2013-02-08)
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CREATE TABLE t0
( id INT PRIMARY KEY
, field1 VARCHAR(1000)
, field2 VARCHAR(MAX));
INSERT INTO t0
SELECT
gs.value
, REPLICATE ('X', 1000)
, REPLICATE ('Y', 1000)
FROM generate_series(1, 10, 1) gs;
GOselect STRING_AGG(field1, ';') within group (order by id) from t0;
select STRING_AGG(field2, ';') within group (order by id) from t0;