Darren Wallace (11/20/2009)

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I think you could effectively turn off Windows Authentication by explicitly denying BUILTIN\Everyone but I haven't tried it as I don't have a server handy that I want...

I won't...

BackupGuy (11/20/2009)

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The responses so far are, typically, M$-centric...as if nothing exists outside of the AD domain where the SQL server resides that would ever require access to data in the...

Maybe I'm smoking something, but isn't SQL Server--and many things it now does--so tightly integrated into the OS that if Windows Authentication were removeable, it would break most of SQL...

Thanks, Garadin, for both the response and the test code. It's appreciated.

Microsoft has responded to that feedback thread with a request for more information. Were you the one who posted it?

briansalentine (11/19/2009)

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I found that a department was running reports for a very large date range, so, this brought our normally 7GB- 10GB database up quite a bit. We basically...

This topic is also for those of us serving in the "Jack-of-All-DBA-Jobs" role. @=)

Did you try the solution I posted above?

And if this sort of thing will happen more than once, consider storing your .mdf and .ldf names in a table on a database that doesn't tend to get moved....

Sorry, GSquared. I have an anti-ditto (of a sort) to your list.

RE: Indexing. Yes, index. But don't OVER index.

Pet Peeve = developers add an index to an existing table just...

Ah, I misunderstood your post.

Good luck with the battle.

If you're the network tech, why are you responsible for the log shipping? I would think that it (and testing backup software) would be the responsibility of the DBA team.

Unless...

First look up CREATE LOGIN, CREATE USER and sp_addrolemember in BOL (Books Online). This will give you all the syntax you need.

Dynamic SQL is the act of putting SQL...

The problems with any backup tool is that if it breaks or you lose your license, you have all these backups you may not be able to restore if the...