Interview Question of the Week #024 – What is the Best Recovery Model?
SQL SERVER – Login failed for User ‘NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’ – ERRORLOG
Errors related to logins are one of the most searched in this blog. Many of the blogs that talk about these errors are the ones that get viewed often too. This is one of the interesting errors, which you might see in your environments. One of my blog reader contacted me and told that their event log and ERRORLOG is full of below the messages:
SQL SERVER – How Many Line of Code Do You Have in Database?
Last weekend I happened to be in one of the beautiful cities in Sri Lanka for some fun time with SQL Enthusiasts. We had our first ever SQLSaturday Event in Sri Lanka and it was just too much fun to be amongst the amazing audiences. I was fortunate to deliver a couple of sessions and not to forget the hours and hours of interaction with the attendees post session. In this blog post we will answer the question How Many Line of Code Do You Have in Database?
SQL SERVER – The Basics of the Execute Process Task – Notes from the Field #084
SQL SERVER – Security Auditing With ApexSQL Audit
SQL Servers and databases are probably the most critical IT parts of an enterprise. The most important and confidential data are stored there and even a potential issue with that data can be business critical. In situations where significant preventive/protective actions are applied, such measures will not be of any help in determining the cause of an incident when it occurs. For that purpose, establishing the SQL Server continuous auditing and especially being informed, timely of security configuration changes have been of the utmost importance. Let us learn about Security Auditing.
SQL SERVER – Puzzle with Year Function
A couple of weeks back, I ran a contest with MONTH () function and had close to 300 of you answer the puzzle. It was a great brain teaser and we had an awesome response from you. Most of you got the answer right and it is great to see you folks getting the basics right.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104Â Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).
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