Keep focused DBA scripts for active requests, blocking, table size, index usage, backups, and failed jobs, with clear limits on each result.
SQL SERVER – Fix : Management Studio Error : Saving Changes in not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can’t be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created
SSMS says saving changes is not permitted when a table must be re-created. Learn to turn off Prevent saving changes, and why I still prefer T-SQL.
SQLAuthority News – TechEd India 2009 – Day 1 – Authors Tech Session – SQL Server Cheat Sheet – Meeting Great People
The first day of TechEd India 2009 was a blast: Steve Ballmer’s keynote, my tech session with the SQL Server cheat sheet, and meeting great people.
SQLAuthority News – TechEd India 2009 – Day 0 – Day 1 – Authors Tech Session – SQL Server Cheat Sheet – Catch Me Live
I am at TechEd India 2009 in Hyderabad, leading a session on SQL Server Management Studio 2008 new features. Catch me live and grab my SQL Server cheat sheet.
SQL SERVER – Example of DDL, DML, DCL and TCL Commands
Simple examples of DDL, DML, DCL and TCL commands: SELECT, INSERT, CREATE, ALTER, GRANT, REVOKE, COMMIT, ROLLBACK and what each one does.
SQL SERVER – Solution to Puzzle – Shortest Code to Perform SSN Validation
My solution to Jacob Sebastian’s puzzle: the shortest T-SQL code for SSN validation that removes invalid SSN values and returns only the valid ones.
Giving an Application Account Only What It Needs
Apply least privilege SQL Server access with separate runtime and deployment roles, narrow permissions, and tests of allowed and denied actions.