How Do I Identify Invalid or Unneeded Logins?
Introduction
I was looking at one of my servers and was caught off-guard by how many individual users had been granted...
2010-04-07
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Is Anybody Using That Stored Procedure?
Introduction
From time to time I get asked to check if a stored procedure is still used in preparation for dropping...
2010-04-06
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Get Users By Connection
Introduction
I was recently working a production issue that required me to log in via the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC). When...
2010-04-05
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Managing the Size of the Security Cache (TokenAndPermUserStore) in SQL 2005
Introduction
In an earlier post I walked through the diagnosis of a problem with TokenAndPermUserStore bloat in SQL 2005.In this post...
2010-03-25
1,060 reads
My Adventures with the SQL 2005 Security Cache
Introduction
For that past couple of months I have been chasing performance issues with one of the most high profile servers...
2010-03-09
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Why Do My SQL 2008 Compressed Backups Shrink?
Introduction
Recently a coworker was doing some research with SQL 2008 Backup Compression on a very large database. During the testing...
2010-02-25
410 reads
Why Do I Need All These Servers?
Introduction
I am frequently getting requests for a new server to do this or that. Running through the usual questions to...
2010-02-23
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Stored Procedure to Sequentially Run SQL Agent Jobs
Introduction
Here is another one of my utility scripts. Lately it seems like all I am blogging about is utility scripts,...
2010-02-01
2,281 reads
Stored Procedure to Get SQL Job Execution Status
Introduction
Ever need a programmatic way to figure out if a SQL Agent job is running? I did. After spending a...
2010-01-31
2,455 reads
Using sp_ExecuteSql to Run Dynamic SQL
Introduction
Lately it seems like I am being bombarded by Dynamic SQL and people who insist it is the only way...
2010-01-21
617 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...