I look at it more like the Robo-Cop movies, particularly the one where Robo_Cop is "blessed" with a thousand directives (think "best practices") to get along with humans.  In the...

I'd go for professional training for Microsoft Certification.  The SQL Cruise, PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, and local PASS Chapter offering are all good but are very hit and miss whereas...

For the love of all that is holy in the world of database security, stop using the SA account for anything.  Setup a separate Active Directory service account and use...

You'd likely get better responses if you clearly identified how you are capturing such information and which "logs" you're talking about.

I guess I'd just combine trigger actions and keep the actual number of triggers to a minimum.

As for avoiding triggers, I think that too many people make the...

They don't have a "dev" server?

Understood and appreciated.  But you're only focusing on what the OP asked.  While that certainly sounds like the right thing to do, even the OP has made no guarantee that...