2011-05-30
2,471 reads
Security
Query Active Directory to Display Login Information
Query Active Directory to get information on user logins.
2013-01-18 (first published: 2011-05-16)
3,865 reads
Show SQL authentication login information
View login information for all accounts that use SQL authentication.
2011-05-12 (first published: 2011-05-09)
2,946 reads
2011-05-02
2,358 reads
Create Database User
This script is used for drop and create a new or existing user. IF User is already exists in database then first it will dropped and then recreate.
2011-05-11 (first published: 2011-04-28)
1,792 reads
2011-04-22
2,305 reads
Security Audit Db_DataReader
Uses sp_MsForEachDb, locates members in db_datareader with permissions other than Select and Connect.
2011-04-14 (first published: 2011-03-29)
1,092 reads
Re-generating SQL Server Logins
SQL Server stores all login information on security catalog system tables. By querying the system tables, SQL statements can be re-generated to recover logins, including password, default schema/database, server/database role assignments, and object level permissions. A comprehensive permission report can also be produced by combining information from the system metadata.
2011-02-08
5,514 reads
How to check SQL Server Authentication Mode using T-SQL and SSMS
Many times developers want to put logic into their code or SSIS/DTS package to check the SQL Server authentication mode. How can this be done programmatically?
2011-01-03
5,211 reads
Script to grant exec permission to all sps in a db
Script to grant exec permission to all sps in a db
2010-12-13 (first published: 2010-12-09)
1,733 reads
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers