Business Analytics from Application Logs and SQL Server Database using Splunk
Learn how Splunk can be used to get information from application logs or a SQL Server database.
2022-08-08
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Learn how Splunk can be used to get information from application logs or a SQL Server database.
2022-08-08
1,427 reads
While analyzing SQL Server's network protocol, I came across a weird fact: when a database client logs in using SQL Server authentication (as opposed to Windows authentication), it has to send the user's password to the server, in blatant violation of common security guidelines. At first, I couldn't believe it; SQL Server generally does an […]
2022-03-02
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This script will create the necessary login and linked servers on a given availability replica. Please ensure that the script is executed on all the replicas.
2022-02-22 (first published: 2022-01-25)
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You can do essential monitoring of SQL Server instances and databases with a FREE toolkit!
2022-01-28
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SQL Server provides two ways to include an incrementing number in a table. Greg Larsen explains how to replace an identity column with a sequence number.
2022-01-24
You can do essential performance tuning on your SQL Server databases using a FREE toolkit!
2022-01-14
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Overview As we all know, data security is a never-ending battle. Every day, we hear of new data breaches. It's a hard problem, and there is no single solution, other than a defense in depth. Let's look at one of those defenses for databases: query control. Query control is a simple idea: most applications access […]
2022-01-07
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You can do essential performance tuning on your SQL Server databases using a FREE toolkit!
2021-12-17
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Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2012 introduced a feature called data classification, which allows you to mark certain columns with labels, indicating that these columns contain sensitive or special-handling data. For instance, you may want to mark a column containing credit card numbers as "confidential", or sales numbers as "management only". The problem is that you […]
2021-12-10
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SQL Server sequence objects have several properties that control how they behave. Greg Larson explains the options of using SQL Server sequence objects.
2021-12-06
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