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SSMS 2008 and changing a SQL 2005 SA password.

Jun 9, 2010 | Security, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 | 0 comments

You can probably tell from some of my more recent posts that I have been doing some work lately on SQL Server 2008. I have also recently (the last two months) upgraded my work desktop to Windows 7. As a result of this of this, and the continued migration away from SQL...

db_executor role

Apr 12, 2010 | Scripts, Security, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 | 4 comments

The process of creating a db_executor might not be granular enough for some but there is a nice simple way of creating a database role in a SQL Server database (called db_executor)  and granting the db_executor role  execute permissions on all stored...

SP_change_users_login and SQL Server 2008 onwards

Mar 30, 2010 | Security, SQL Server 2008, SQLServerPedia Syndication | 2 comments

Today I discovered, from a post on the forums and a follow up dig into BOL that sp_change_users_login is to be depreciated in future versions of SQL Server and the new ALTER USER should be used instead.  Now let me make it clear here, sp_change_users_login is...

SQL Agent – Giving non-SA users permissions on jobs

Feb 28, 2010 | Permissions, Security, SQLServerPedia Syndication | 0 comments

There are some new database roles in the MSDB database in SQL Server 2005 that allow you to grant more granular permission to  non-sa users in the SQL Server agent. If you work in an environment similar to the one i support, application and database code will...

SQL Server 2005 CLR execution error after restore

Feb 21, 2010 | Permissions, Security | 0 comments

I recently restored a SQL Server 2005 database to a testing environment. The database contained several CLR assemblies, when the tester tried to execute one of the CLR’s SQL returned the following error: An error occurred in the Microsoft .NET Framework while trying...
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