Tag Archives: microsoft sql server

  1. Impersonation can give you the wrong answer

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    February 8, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I use impersonation all the time to let me see additional permissions information I can only get that way and, …
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  2. Blogger questions: What if someone else wrote about the same subject?

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    February 3, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I have a moderately popular blog. In part because I syndicate but largely (in my opinion) because I write a …
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  3. Running code on the startup of SQL Server

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    February 1, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    Every now and again you need to run code when your instance starts up. For example you might want to …
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  4. The CONNECT permission

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    January 27, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    The CONNECT permission exists at the instance and database levels. Note: as of SQL 2012 it is CONNECT SQL at …
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  5. Reusing schedules in SQL Agent

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    January 25, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I’m a big fan of automation. You get it written, tested, and scheduled, then you just sit back and monitor …
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  6. Start SQL Server without tempdb

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    January 20, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    tl;dr; Re-start the instance in safe mode (-f startup parameter) and move tempdb. Then re-start without the parameter. While at …
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  7. To the page and back again

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    January 18, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    To the page It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you …
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  8. What is RESULT SETS?

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    January 14, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    I was reading some code the other day and it included the statement RESULT SETS. I’d never seen it before …
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  9. Ad-hoc Changes

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    January 12, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher

    TSQL Tuesday #74: Be The Change Each month, on the first Tuesday of the month, the announcement for the blog …
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  10. Do you check for TRUSTWORTHY databases as part of your security audits?

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    December 30, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher

    I ran a twitter poll the other day Do you check for databases with trustworthy turned on when you do …
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