Stuart Ainsworth tells a captivating story on why the DBA goes to MARS: Maintenance, Architecture, Research and Support, the proactive side of the job.
Append-Only Ledger Tables for Audit Logs That Cannot Be Edited
Can someone quietly edit your audit table? With an append-only ledger and a stored digest, the answer becomes no, and you can prove it.
SQL Agent Alerts for Severity 17 to 25 and Errors 823, 824, 825
Configure Agent alerts for serious severities and errors 823, 824 and 825, connect an operator to Database Mail, and test response delays.
SQL SERVER – How to Find Weak Passwords Using T-SQL?
After a hacker got in through the sysadmin account, a reader asked for help. Here is how to find weak passwords for SQL logins using T-SQL.
SQL SERVER – Watching Table Variable Data in TempDB
Are table variables only in memory? I watch table variable data in TempDB to answer a reader’s questions on where it is stored and if it is logged.
SQL SERVER – The Easy Functions of SQL Server – Notes from the Field #062
Kathi Kellenberger, the SQL author who got me hooked early in my career, explains some easy functions of SQL Server that many experts still do not know.
SQL SERVER – How to Increase Number of Errorlog Files
An audit needed 30 days of ERRORLOG, but a nightly recycle job kept only a few files. Here is how to increase the number of errorlog files in SQL Server.