SQL Server 2012 brings new security enhancements, one of which is to create user defined server roles, which simplifies instance wide administration and helps to increase the security of the instance by letting you define different groups with different sets of permissions as per their role and responsibilities.
2012-02-29
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This article shows you the process which you require to regain your sysadmin access.
2012-02-21
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This script leverages master.sys.server_principals and xp_logininfo to return accounts, domain groups, and members in a SQL Server admin fixed role.
2012-02-09
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2012-02-07
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2012-01-16
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2012-01-11
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2012-01-06
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SQL Server is used to support many applications and one such feature of most applications is the storage of passwords. Sometimes there is a need to reset a password using a temporary password or generate a random password for a new user. In this tip I cover a simple stored procedure to generate random passwords that can be incorporated into your applications.
2011-11-25
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Enabling TDE is simple to do, but it can be more complex when you look to remove the feature from SQL Server. Steve Perry brings you a procedure you can use to help you.
2011-11-03
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2011-10-31 (first published: 2011-10-19)
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By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers