Block the DBA?
Can you block a DBA from performing certain actions on a server if he has sysadmin rights? The real answer is no, but this article shows you how to block an unknowledgable DBA from performing certain actions.
2003-01-28
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Can you block a DBA from performing certain actions on a server if he has sysadmin rights? The real answer is no, but this article shows you how to block an unknowledgable DBA from performing certain actions.
2003-01-28
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Andy had a semi-disaster similar to the one he wrote about last year. Interesting to see the kinds of problems that happen to other people. This article raises some interesting points that are outside the scope of basic disaster recovery, looking at how/when to move databases to a different server and how to reduce the server load dynamically.
2003-01-14
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Continuing on looking at demo servers, this article presents an interesting solution to ensuring consistent demos that was deployed out in the field for a client company.
2003-01-13
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Query Analyzer is a great tool for developing SQL code. There are a number of little tricks that can greatly increase the amount of work you can do with very little effort. This article starts looking at some of the features of this tool.
2007-10-02 (first published: 2003-01-07)
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In the second of a series of articles that targets the DBA new to an organization, this article looks at how to manage DTS packages.
2006-10-06 (first published: 2003-01-02)
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With SQL Server 2000 you are able to create databases or columns with a different collating setting than the server. This article will explain a couple of methods Greg has used to successfully change collation settings.
2002-12-30
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This free extended stored procedure can read and write to a stored text file. Perfect for writing error logs!
2002-12-24
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This article analyzes the various options available for your backup and recovery process with SQL Server 2000 as well as an enhancement to your SQL Server backup and recovery process using a highly efficient backup and restore utility that provides significant time and disk space savings called SQL LiteSpeed.
2002-12-23
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As a new DBA, you will probably walk into an environment that is poorly documented and nobody has any idea of how many SQL Servers are on the network. In the first series of articles, Haidong Ji talks about how to audit logins in your SQL Server.
2002-12-20
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A few months ago Greg Larsen ran across a big problem with SQL Server collation when querying. He shares his bruises in this quick article.
2002-12-19
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By Will Assaf
I recently reviewed, worked on, and added a similar example to the DATETIMEOFFSET Microsoft...
Database administrators (DBAs) are the backbone of data-driven organizations. If you're looking to break...
By Brian Kelley
Another security fundamentals topic is authentication versus authorization. For those who have a clear...
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I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?
BACKUP DATABASE HerdofTwo TO DISK = 'HerdOfTwo_20240501'See possible answers