Hi. In the margin on the left of the screen <--- there is a link called Books, which is a good place to start. Some of them are kindly provided...

No...

You could set up a server-side trace and monitor usage for a while. I don't think there's a way to get historical data if you haven't already started auditing it.

Ugh, that sucks. Sorry. Let us know how you get on.

If you did consider going back you would be in a strong position to negotiate on salary, working hours, training budget before agreeing to anything, I suppose. Plus if you...

Oh no, I'm sorry. It sounds as though they mis-sold the job to you. Will you look to move on again?

Perhaps they try to look neutral during an interview?

I'm definitely not calling myself an exceptional DBA, but it's an interesting topic. I think your answer sounds fine, but maybe they...

Well, we're a team of DBAs, so we just do

select * from

all day apparently ;-).

You can set up a server-side trace to capture who is logging in as sa- well, which hostname they logged in from, anyway. That might be worth doing if you...

Did you add the login when you created the instance? If not you will probably need to log in as sa and grant the permissions that way.

Interesting! I'll ask mine later. I'm not sure I could...

Michael Valentine Jones (4/25/2014)

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I usually say I'm a Database Architect, or anything that will make people think that I'm not the guy to troubleshoot problems with their PC or help...

Definitely!

I actually don't use them either, but I thought it might be useful to mention it while the OP is considering options.

Good luck. It sounds like a very positive move for you.