CPU and Scheduler Performance Monitoring using SQL Server and Excel
This article will demonstrate a method of creating an Excel-based CPU/scheduler performance dashboard for SQL Server 2005+.
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Derek Colley
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SQL Triggers in a Security Context
This article will show you how to use user-defined triggers to supplement your security policies, preventing unauthorised data manipulation and blocking unfriendly logins.
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Three Attack Vectors in SQL Server 2005
This article outlines three different tried and tested methods of obtaining access to databases in SQL Server 2005 where no database-level administrative access exists.
2012-03-07
7,412 reads
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers