One of my clients reported that they are seeing below error in SQL Server ERRORLOG. He noticed a strange error of the network packet.
SQL SERVER – Setting ARITHABORT ON for All Connecting .Net Applications
Readers of this blog post are aware of SQL Server Expert Tim Cartwright, who has previously written an enhanced version of How to Generate Random Password script. Here is another very interesting find by Tim on the subject of ARITHABORT ON setting. It is one of the most interesting blog post I have read in a while.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Load User-Specified Certificate [Cert Hash(sha1) “Thumbprint.here”]. The Server Will Not Accept a Connection
While preparing for a security demo, I broke my SQL Server and was unable to start it. In this blog, we would lean about fixing error Unable to load user-specified certificate.
How to Identify Process ID for SQL Server Services? – Interview Question of the Week #185
Question: How to Identify Process ID for SQL Server Services?
SQL SERVER – ERROR: Failed to verify the Authenticode signature of FileName
Sometimes there is some malware which would do changes on the machine which is impossible to track. Most of the time, based on my interactions with various clients, we need to format and rebuild the OS because you never know what data is getting compromised using which program running in the background. In this blog, we would learn about an interesting error Failed to verify the Authenticode signature of the filename.
SQL SERVER – Script – Turn off Firewall Remotely (PowerShell, NetSh, PsExec)
I was working with a client to deploy an automated solution to install SQL Server. Since this involved scripting and running PowerShell remotely, we wanted to disable the firewall. Due to automation, we were not supposed to log in to the server and use UI. So, I search on the internet and found a few ways to do that. In this blog, I am going to share scripts which can turn off the firewall remotely.
SQL SERVER – How to Generate Random Password? – Enhanced Version
Earlier last month, I posted an interview question – How to Generate Random Passwords in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #181. Though, my efforts were honest my answer was not complete in that blog post. Thankfully, SQL Server Expert Tim Cartwright noticed the error in the blog post and decided to send me to follow up email with the accurate script to generate a random password.