New Article: How to audit sysadmin members on multiple servers using PowerShell
My first article of 2012 has published over at MSSQLTips.com. This one covers the basic technique for using PowerShell to audit...
2012-01-23
1,938 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Speaking at Charleston PASS on January 19th
I will be presenting on SQL Server security on January 19th in Charleston, SC. You can find the details at...
2012-01-04
855 reads
Renewed as MVP for SQL Server
I have been renewed as an MVP for SQL Server. This is my 4th award. It's humbling to receive the...
2012-01-02
1,259 reads
January Midlands PASS meeting - Hosting Ed Wilson, the "Scripting Guy"
On January 10, 2012, Midlands PASS is pleased to welcome back PowerShell expert and teacher, Ed Wilson (blog | twitter), and...
2011-12-30
1,689 reads
What is SQL Saturday?
I saw the following post from Andy Warren (blog | twitter), one of the creators of SQL Saturday. He was trying to...
2011-12-29
2,784 reads
SQLRally 2012 - Dallas Registration Is Open!
Want 2 days of Microsoft SQL Server training where you can hand-pick what you're learning about for the low price...
2011-11-30
2,027 reads
No SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC in 2012
Last week my partner in crime, Bobby Dimmick (blog | twitter) and I sat down for lunch and caught up and...
2011-11-14
1,659 reads
SQL Server security webinar now available on-demand
Last week I was able to give a SQL Server security webinar with Quest Software and SQL Server MVP Kevin...
2011-11-08
1,165 reads
Meme Monday: #SQLFamily
Tom asks what #SQLFamily means to me. This is a hard one, not because of what #SQLFamily does for me,...
2011-11-07
1,720 reads
Presenting Tomorrow (Thursday) via Webinar - SQL Server Security
I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar tomorrow, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It will...
2011-11-02
1,084 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: What Our Customers Say
By Steve Jones
This is from 2010, but I loved that people felt this way about Redgate...
Export a Power BI Report that cannot be Downloaded
Yes, you’re reading that right, we’re going to download a report that cannot be...
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Forums
Poor Name Choice
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Poor Name Choice
Getting the Indexed Columns
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Getting the Indexed Columns
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Substring Changes
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
SELECT
INDEX_COL (N'AdventureWorks2017.Sales.SalesOrderDetail') See possible answers