sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V5.0
These are a couple of stored procedures I wrote to help me with security research. Each of the stored procedures...
2014-06-23
688 reads
SQLStudies
Aliasing a SQL Server: When it works, when it doesn’t and when it may be your problem.
Creating an alias for a SQL Server is fairly easy and there are several ways to do it. Configuration Manager...
2014-06-20 (first published: 2014-06-18)
2,338 reads
I don’t want to grant permission to all the tables in the database at once.
A couple of weeks ago I did a post on granting or denying permissions to all the tables within a...
2014-06-16
1,165 reads
What is this default trace you speak of?
I frequently see the default trace mentioned in answers to forum questions, blog posts, articles, even training sessions. My knowledge...
2014-06-12
841 reads
MJ Swart offers free technical editing
A little while back Michael J Swart(B/T) offered to help you become a better writer. This was exciting for me...
2014-06-09
886 reads
15 years of experience with Identity columns
An identity column is an auto incrementing columnAn identity column is typically used as a primary keyA primary key that’s...
2014-06-04
1,050 reads
What is the difference between Money and Decimal(19,4)
One of my co-workers and I were discussing the difference between the data type MONEY and the data type DECIMAL(19,4)....
2014-06-02
1,936 reads
Who has the DAC open?
The other day I started seeing the following error in my SQL log.
Error: 17810, Severity: 20, State: 2.
Could not connect...
2014-06-05 (first published: 2014-05-28)
2,614 reads
Microsoft’s free virtual labs
If you have spent any time looking around my site, you will notice that I love study materials and in...
2014-05-26
1,179 reads
DBA Myths: A table with a primary key is not a heap
Typically when you see a heading like this you know the answer is “No” or “False” but in this case...
2014-05-21
2,639 reads
Blogs
Why Optimize CPU for RDS SQL Server is a game changer
One feature that I have been waiting for years! The new announcement around optimize...
Performance tuning KubeVirt for SQL Server
Following on from my last post about Getting Started With KubeVirt & SQL Server,...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Forums
Change Tracking – Troubleshooting
I have change tracking configured in several databases, in QA and production environments, and...
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers