Tag Archives: auditing

Removing a DDL Trigger

In a recent post I talked about how to create a DDL trigger. You’d think to drop that trigger, I’d run this: DROP trigger CatchLogins That returns me this nice message: Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 1 Cannot … Continue reading

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Creating a DDL Trigger

One of the most amazing features to an old SQL Server 4.2 guy was the addition of DDL triggers to the server. As with any trigger, these can be problematic in that they can overload a server, and they ALWAYS … Continue reading

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Detecting Database Option Changes with DDL Triggers

One of the keys to managing a large production SQL Server environment is being aware of changes that are taking place in the environment, and preventing potentially harmful changes. There are any number of ways to do this: triggers, auditing, … Continue reading

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Regular Audit Analysis

I was reading over a digital supplement that I received from Dark Reading recently, which details some of the issues in the Epsilon, Gawker Media, and a few other data breaches. It was light on details, but there were some … Continue reading

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