Today’s topic of Setting up a Password Policy often emerges during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check consultations.
Column-Level Permissions: Hiding One Column From Some Users
Apply SQL Server column-level permissions, test DENY and SELECT behavior, inspect explicit grants, and compare views with data masking.
Cross-Database Ownership Chaining: Why It Is Off and What to Use
Understand cross-database ownership chaining, inspect its scope, and use signed procedures for narrow access between SQL Server databases.
11 Essential Tips for Avoiding Common SQL Server Performance Tuning Mistakes
This blog post will cover 11 tips for avoiding common SQL server mistakes. From indexing to security, these tips will help you optimize your database’s performance.
SQL SERVER – Find Owner of Database – Change Owner of Database
As there was no owner, it was not possible to open that database in the SSMS. We had to find Owner of the Database and change it later on.
SQL SERVER – List Databases Where User Has DB Access
A client asked how to see which databases a user can reach. The HAS_DBACCESS function makes it easy to list databases where the user has DB access.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Cannot execute as the database principal because the principal “dbo” does not exist
One of my clients recently sent me an email with the following error. The error was visible in the error log and was about the database principal.