SQL Server has this concept of an owner of an object. Similar to the concept of schema, but not quite the same. Best practice dictates that all objects in SQL Server be owned by dbo, but that does not always happen. Tracking those objects down might be a pain, but Santveer Singh brings us an easy way of doing this.
2004-12-15
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2004-12-14
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SQL Server clusters are great tools to ensure that your servers are highly available. However there are some times when you'll want to manually perform a failover for testing, maintenance, etc. New author Anthony Bressi brings you a technique and code to allow you to use VB 6.0 to build a small program to automatically do this.
2004-12-06
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2004-12-03
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SQL Server 2000 is easy to administer relative to other RDBMS, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. Author Andre Vigneau has built a database toolkit to allow him to manage his cross platform databases. This is the second article in his series and deals with establishing connections to any database platform.
2004-12-01
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The default location for the SQL Server system databases doesn't always meet the standards of many organizations. Author Chris Hedgate has taken the time to put together a short checklist on how you can move the master, msdb, model, and tempdb databases easily.
2004-11-30
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SQL Server was designed to make the DBA job easier, distribution of security, automated procedures, etc. But in some areas it either does not go far enough, or a feature is used for an unintended purpose. One of those areas comes into play when allowing many people to create databases. Author Eli Leiba brings us a tecehnique he uses to close the gap and track down those newly created databases.
2004-11-18
4,996 reads
SQL Server 7 revamped Enterprise Manager to be an MMC snap in with many more capabilities and functions than it had in SQL Server 6.5. Dale Elizabeth Corey brings us a look at the top ten features in Enterprise Manager that you may not be aware of.
2004-11-16
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SQL Server has a great scheduling system in SQLAgent. But sometimes SQLAgent won't work or isn't available. Author Andre Vigneau has built a solid system for auomtating the management of SQL Server, one that he deploys with the software that his company sells. Read about the basics of this system and get some code that might come in handy for you.
2004-11-04
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2004-11-02
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On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers