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Top 13 Mistakes And Missteps In SQL Server – #6 File Placement

Top 13 Mistakes And Missteps In SQL Server – #6 File Placement

What Brings a Good Looking DBA Like You to a Place Like This? You’ve most likely found this post because of one of the following reasons: You’ve got this shiny new server and are thinking about installing SQL Server on it. You’ve been following this series from the beginning (thank you by the way) and(…)

Top 13 Mistakes And Missteps In SQL Server – #7 db_owner: There is More to it than What You Think

Top 13 Mistakes And Missteps In SQL Server – #7 db_owner: There is More to it than What You Think

The db_owner Database Role Has a Secret The right solution is not frequently the easiest to implement.  Avoiding hyperbole as much as possible I’ll simply say that database security is a very fine example of that adage. It is by far easier to … grant all users in a database membership in the db_owner database(…)

Top 13 SQL Server Mistakes and Missteps – #8 – Failing to Configure for 64-Bit Systems Properly.

Top 13 SQL Server Mistakes and Missteps – #8 – Failing to Configure for 64-Bit Systems Properly.

A Little Patience It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled since I addressed this series on common mistakes in SQL Server database administration.  When it comes to this topic I’m glad I held off because the recommendations have changed from when I was originally working on this series when it comes to(…)