2004-02-27
1,760 reads
Security
SQL Injection - Part 1
Randy says that the biggest reason we have so many injection vulnerabilities is that all the asp books use inline sql for their examples! We STILL encounter developers who don't understand injection. Read and pass on to your dev team.
2004-02-24
15,824 reads
SQL Server 2000 Best Practices Analyzer Beta
Microsoft has released a new tool to analyzer your SQL Servers and see how they conform to their list of common best practices. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
2004-02-10
3,515 reads
SQL Injection!
Do your developers really understand how to prevent injection attacks? Or scarier still, how many know what an injection attack is? Chris has some great examples of how sql injection works and how to prevent it.
2004-02-02
17,601 reads
Permissions on System Tables Granted to Logins Due to the Public Role
Many of you know that Brian Kelley is our resident security guy. If you didn't, this might prove it! There is a ton of information in this 63 page document worth reading. Let us know what you think.
2004-01-21
774 reads
RC4 Encryption in a Stored Procedure
Joseph gathered together some various bits of code and came up with a solution that lets you do RC4 encryption via the sp_oa~ procedures.
2004-01-09
9,086 reads
TSQL Virus or Bomb?
Joseph discusses some common and not so common security threats including the possibility of a TSQL virus and bombs planted from within the organization.
2003-12-29
5,872 reads
2003-12-17
2,259 reads
2003-12-15
2,017 reads
SQL Server Security: Fixed Database Roles
Brian is back with a new security article, this time working through the details of the fixed database roles. There are some important concepts here. In particular if you're not totally clear on the difference between dbo and db_owner, read this article.
2007-01-19 (first published: 2003-12-12)
64,395 reads
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Question of the Day
Using CHOOSE()
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