What's the Point of Using VARCHAR(n) Anymore?

What's the Point of Using VARCHAR(n) Anymore?

SQL Orphan users

select u.name , 'exec sp_revokedbaccess '''+u.name+''''
from master..syslogins l right join
    sysusers u on l.sid = u.sid
    where l.sid is null and issqlrole <> 1 and isapprole <> 1  
    and (u.name <> 'INFORMATION_SCHEMA' and u.name <> 'guest'
    and u.name <> 'system_function_schema')
   

Win 2008 Run As

Create a batch file that has the following on SQL server:

cd\
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE
runas /user:csodmgmt\palexander ssms

Get Alerts for Specific SQL Server Login Failed Events

Get Alerts for Specific SQL Server Login Failed Events

Active Directory from SQL

Configuration on Server

USE [master]
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'ADSI', @srvproduct=N'Active Directory Service Interfaces', @provider=N'ADSDSOObject', @datasrc=N'[10.10.10.10]'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname=N'ADSI',@useself=N'False',@locallogin=NULL,@rmtuser=N'domain\user',@rmtpassword='password'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'collation compatible',  @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'data access', @optvalue=N'true'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'dist', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'pub', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'rpc', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'rpc out', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'sub', @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'connect timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'collation name', @optvalue=null
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'lazy schema validation',  @optvalue=N'false'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'query timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'use remote collation',  @optvalue=N'true'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'ADSI', @optname=N'remote proc transaction promotion', @optvalue=N'true'
GO



select * from openquery
(
ADSI,'SELECT NAME,SAMAccountName
FROM ''LDAP://10.10.10.10''
WHERE objectCategory = ''Person'' AND objectClass = ''user''
') AS tblADSI
ORDER BY SAMAccountName


select * from openquery
(
ADSI,'SELECT NAME,SAMAccountName,displayName, telephoneNumber, mail, mobile, facsimileTelephoneNumber
FROM ''LDAP://10.10.10.10''
WHERE objectCategory = ''Person''
AND objectClass = ''user''
AND sAMAccountName = ''username''
') AS tblADSI
ORDER BY displayname




Find groups and users all together



-- Configure AD Domain to search

DECLARE @strDC NVARCHAR(100)
SET @strDC = 'dc=csodmgmt,dc=corp'

-- Declare Variables

DECLARE @chvAlphaChars VARCHAR(60),
@chvSearch VARCHAR(10),
@chvSearchLevel1 VARCHAR(1),
@chvSearchLevel2 VARCHAR(1),
@chvSearchLevel3 VARCHAR(1),
@intcountLevel1 INT,
@intcountLevel2 INT,
@intcountLevel3 INT,
@intRowCount INT,
@strSQL NVARCHAR(4000),
@strADSISQL NVARCHAR(4000),
@Login VARBINARY(85),
@CN VARCHAR(512),
@CT INT,
@ADRoot VARCHAR(255)


-- Declare temp tables

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM TEMPDB.DBO.SYSOBJECTS WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#LDAP_AD_V2_Users'))
DROP TABLE #LDAP_AD_V2_USERS

CREATE TABLE [DBO].[#LDAP_AD_V2_USERS] (
[ROW_ID] [INT] IDENTITY ( 1,1 ) NOT NULL,
[SID] [VARBINARY](85) NULL,
[SAMACCOUNTNAME] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[CN] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[SN] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[DISPLAYNAME] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[GIVENNAME] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[TELEPHONENUMBER] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[ADSPATH] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[HOMEDIRECTORY] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[MAIL] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[MEMBEROF] [NVARCHAR](256) NULL,
[PRIMARYGROUPID] [INT],
[CREATETIMESTAMP] DATETIME)
ON [PRIMARY]

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM TEMPDB.DBO.SYSOBJECTS WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#LDAP_AD_V2_Groups'))
DROP TABLE #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS

CREATE TABLE [DBO].[#LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS] (
[ID] [INT] IDENTITY ( 1,1 ) NOT NULL,
[LOGIN] [VARCHAR](512) NULL,
[EMAIL] [VARCHAR](255) NULL,
[ACCTNAME] [VARCHAR](512) NULL,
[DISTNAME] [VARCHAR](512) NULL,
[CREATEDDATE] [DATETIME] NULL,
[CHANGEDDATE] [DATETIME] NULL,
[MGR] [VARCHAR](512) NULL,
[SID] [VARBINARY](85) NULL)
ON [PRIMARY]

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM TEMPDB.DBO.SYSOBJECTS WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#LDAP_AD_V2_UserGroups'))
DROP TABLE #LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS

CREATE TABLE [DBO].[#LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS] (
[USERLOGIN] [VARBINARY](85) NOT NULL,
[GROUPLOGIN] [VARBINARY](85) NULL)
ON [PRIMARY]

-- POPULATION OF USERS

-- Search letters to cycle through
-- any chars, but the first char must be a space
SET @chvAlphaChars = ' ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.-_`0123456789'
SET NOCOUNT ON

-- start on non space char
SET @intcountLevel1 = 2
-- first level loop
WHILE @intcountLevel1 <= LEN(@chvAlphaChars)
BEGIN
-- get first level char
SET @chvSearchLevel1 = SUBSTRING(@chvAlphaChars,@intcountLevel1,1)
-- reset start on space
SET @intcountLevel2 = 1
-- second level loop
WHILE @intcountLevel2 <= LEN(@chvAlphaChars)
BEGIN
-- reset start on space
SET @intcountLevel3 = 1
-- third level loop
WHILE @intcountLevel3 <= LEN(@chvAlphaChars)
BEGIN
-- setup the string to search for. By using the trim function we can form each level depending on no records
-- eg A 99, B 1000 > BA 9, BB 20 etc
-- trim the spaces forming just A, B, C ; AA, AB for search etc
SET @chvSearchLevel1 = SUBSTRING(@chvAlphaChars,@intcountLevel1,1)
SET @chvSearchLevel2 = RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@chvAlphaChars,@intcountLevel2,1))
SET @chvSearchLevel3 = RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@chvAlphaChars,@intcountLevel3,1))
SET @chvSearch = @chvSearchLevel1 + @chvSearchLevel2 + @chvSearchLevel3
SET @strADSISQL = 'select objectSid,cn,sn,displayName, sAMAccountName, givenName, telephoneNumber, adspath, homedirectory, mail, primarygroupid, createTimeStamp '
+ CHAR(13) + 'from ''''LDAP://' + @strDC + ''''' '
+ CHAR(13) + 'where objectCategory = ''''Person'''' '
+ CHAR(13) + 'and objectClass = ''''user'''' '
+ CHAR(13) + 'and sAMAccountName = ''''' + @chvSearch + '*'''' '
SET @strSQL = 'insert into #LDAP_AD_V2_Users (sid,cn,sn,displayName, sAMAccountName, givenName, telephoneNumber, adspath, homedirectory, mail, primarygroupid, createTimeStamp) '
+ CHAR(13) + 'select objectSid,cn,sn,displayName, sAMAccountName, givenName, telephoneNumber, adspath, homedirectory, mail, primarygroupid, createTimeStamp '
+ CHAR(13) + 'from openquery(ADSI,''' + @strADSISQL + ''' ) '
+ CHAR(13) + 'order by sAMAccountName'

EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @strSQL

SET @intRowCount = @@ROWCOUNT

-- prints what string is being searched for : no of inserts
-- PRINT @chvSearch + ' : ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,@intRowCount)

-- if searched on @chvSearchLevel1 and under 1000 then everything is fine so skip search2 to next search1 eg A > B
IF @intRowCount < 1000
AND @chvSearchLevel2 = ''
SET @intcountLevel2 = @intcountLevel2 + 100

-- if searched on @chvSearchLevel2 and under 1000 then everything is fine so skip to next search2 eg AA > AB
IF @intRowCount < 1000
AND @chvSearchLevel3 = ''
SET @intcountLevel3 = @intcountLevel3 + 100

-- else over 1000 so increment third level
SET @intcountLevel3 = @intcountLevel3 + 1
END

-- increment next second level char
SET @intcountLevel2 = @intcountLevel2 + 1
END

-- increment next first level char
SET @intcountLevel1 = @intcountLevel1 + 1
END


-- POPULATION OF GROUPS

SET @strADSISQL = 'select objectSid, managedBy, whenChanged, whenCreated, distinguishedName, name, samAccountName, mail '
+ CHAR(13) + 'FROM ''''LDAP://' + @strDC + ''''' '
+ CHAR(13) + 'WHERE objectCategory = ''''Group'''' '

SET @strSQL = 'insert into #LDAP_AD_V2_Groups (sid,mgr,changeddate,createddate,distname,acctname,email,login) '
+ CHAR(13) + 'select objectSid,managedBy,whenChanged,whenCreated,distinguishedName,name,mail,samAccountName '
+ CHAR(13) + 'from openquery(ADSI,''' + @strADSISQL + ''' ) '
+ CHAR(13) + 'order by sAMAccountName'

-- PRINT @strSQL
EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @strSQL


-- POPULATION OF USER > GROUPS RELATIONSHIP TABLE

IF EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM TEMPDB.DBO.SYSOBJECTS
WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#CT'))
DROP TABLE #CT

-- Create a temporary table to hold AD user SID values
CREATE TABLE #CT (CT VARBINARY(85))

-- Declare and open a cursor to step through the list of Active Directory groups
DECLARE CURGROUPS CURSOR FOR
SELECT SID,
DISTNAME
FROM #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS
ORDER BY LOGIN

OPEN CURGROUPS

FETCH NEXT FROM CURGROUPS
INTO @Login,
@CN

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Empty the temp table
TRUNCATE TABLE #CT

-- Build a SQL statement to insert the SID values directly from the linked server into the temp table
SET @strsql = 'INSERT #CT
SELECT *
FROM OPENQUERY (
ADSI,
''SELECT objectSid
FROM ''''LDAP://' + @strDC + '''''
WHERE objectCategory = ''''User''''
AND memberof=''''' + REPLACE(@CN,'''','''''''''') + ''''''')'

EXEC( @strsql)

-- Select the number of records inserted. If this value is less than 1000 then there is no need
-- to execute the OLE calls, and we simply copy the values into the correlation table.
SELECT @CT = COUNT(* )
FROM #CT

--PRINT @ct
--PRINT @strsql

IF @CT <> 0
BEGIN
INSERT #LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS
(USERLOGIN,
GROUPLOGIN)
SELECT CT,
@Login
FROM #CT
WHERE CT IS NOT NULL
END

FETCH NEXT FROM CURGROUPS
INTO @Login,
@CN
END

CURSORERROR:
CLOSE CURGROUPS
DEALLOCATE CURGROUPS
DROP TABLE #CT

/*
-- Individual SQL Statements to see users, groups & relationships
select * from #LDAP_AD_V2_Users
select * from #LDAP_AD_V2_Groups
select * from #LDAP_AD_V2_UserGroups
*/

-- Final Query to tie together the 3 tables and produce a report of group membership

SELECT #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS.ACCTNAME AS GROUPNAME,
#LDAP_AD_V2_USERS.SAMACCOUNTNAME AS USERACCOUNT
FROM #LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS
INNER JOIN #LDAP_AD_V2_USERS
ON #LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS.USERLOGIN = #LDAP_AD_V2_USERS.SID
INNER JOIN #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS
ON #LDAP_AD_V2_USERGROUPS.GROUPLOGIN = #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS.SID
where #LDAP_AD_V2_USERS.SAMACCOUNTNAME = ' username '
ORDER BY #LDAP_AD_V2_GROUPS.ACCTNAME,
#LDAP_AD_V2_USERS.SAMACCOUNTNAME

Format drives with correct allocation and offset for maximum SQL Server performance

Format drives with correct allocation and offset for maximum SQL Server performance

Setup Database Mail to use a Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL account

Setup Database Mail to use a Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL account

SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database – T-SQL « SQL Server Journey with SQLAuthority

SQL SERVER – Find Row Count in Table – Find Largest Table in Database – T-SQL « SQL Server Journey with SQLAuthority

How do I get a list of SQL Server tables and their row counts?

How do I get a list of SQL Server tables and their row counts?

SQL Server Column Level Encryption Example using Symmetric Keys

SQL Server Column Level Encryption Example using Symmetric Keys