Category Archives: Microsoft SQL Server
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SQL Homework – January 2018 – Inspect an Execution Plan
6January 3, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s a new year and yet education never ends. So this month let’s take a look at an important part …
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What is impersonation for?
3December 27, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I was doing some research on impersonation the other day, and among other things, I ran across a forum question …
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When do usernames and passwords belong in connection strings
Leave a commentDecember 18, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr: When using a windows or active directory authenticated id you do not put the username or password into your …
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How to: Create an Azure VM with SQL Server using a default template
1December 14, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
One of the really cool things about the cloud is how quickly you can spin up a new machine to …
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T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Setting learning goals for 2018
3December 12, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
T-SQL Tuesday. Each month a different blogger hosts Adam Machanic’s (b/t) blog party. The host comes up with a topic …
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Restrict the usage of a SQL Server Authenticated Application Id
1December 6, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
SQL Server login ids may not be the most secure thing in the world but they are likely to be …
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SQL Homework – December 2017 – View the log
3December 4, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Last homework of the year. Last month was to create a view. This month it’s time to take a look …
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SQL Puzzle – Word Scrambler
2November 29, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
I’ve been writing crosswords for the last few months and to change things up I thought I would do a …
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Closing all of the connections to a database
4November 27, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
Doing a database restore may not be the most common task a database professional will ever do, but it’s a …
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Why shouldn’t I shrink my database data file?
3November 20, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
A while back I did a post about why you shouldn’t shrink your log file. This one is going to …
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