We are finding ourselves editing data within a sql database using tools such as MS Query, Access or VB. Is there anyway to log these edits? Auditing is set up within the application to log changes made by the users but not by third pary applications. ANy thoughts?
Thanks,
David
Someone had changed the SA password on one of my servers. I need to find out who did this. Can you tell me if there is any historical information kept on any of the system tables that can tell me who (what machine name) and when (date and time)this was done?
Does anyone have a 3rd party or inhouse developed task/procedure to report this kind of security issues?
On the other database types, there is an audit capability in that yourecord such items asfailed login attemptsattemtped access to tables user is not authroized tochanges to databse schemachanges to permissionschanges to logins (add, delete, lock, unlock, passwrod reset)All I can find in the SQLServer documentation is the reference totracking failed logins when you set up a database, plus the Profiler'sactivities.Yes, I'm taking voer my first SQLServer database and have been asked tomake sure that this database is closely monitored for inappripriateactivity.Questions:1) Does SQLServer have this capability? (Sybase has this, which iswhere I'm coming from)2) Does SQLServer do this automatically or do I have to set up theevents to be tracked as happens with Sybase?3) What commands are there for setting up these events to be tracked?Thanks in advance!
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe requirement is to customize database admin activities by creating new user group.
Need to create a group of user / dbauser1 which will have restriction in seeing the data but they should be able to alter database - add / remove the data file , increase or decrease the data file space when required.
This requirement came we wanted to create a new dba group they should not be able to any user data / any table but increase / decrease / add / modify space etc.
Hi, I need to write some T-SQL scripts to perform a database audit of several SQL Server 2000 databases that tracks all superuser logins and access to tables. I can do this in Oracle but I am lost with MS SQL Server. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
View 6 Replies View RelatedDoes 2005 have some kind of new feature that audits/monitors changes to a database kind of like an antivirus or something.
Reason for question:
1) inserting records into database, 1000 records takes about 2 minutes.
2) reading those 1000 records takes about 45 seconds
3) updating those 1000 records takes about 15 minutes
4) yes we are using ntwdblib.dll and a 4gl language
i was running a test program to add, read, update, delete 1000 records and that is when i noticed that insert, update, delete took a performance hit whereas reading didnt. i ran my test program on a control server (in house) and then at the clients side(matching OS, MSSQL 2005 SP2). Results from test program: The UPDATE process on client side took about 4x longer, INSERT about 2x longer, DELETE about 1.5x longer, READ was actually faster on the clients system.
so this made me wonder if their was some kind of database monitoring/auditing going on.
Hi
I am building a pretty simple intranet application where we need to be able to track changes to tables. The tracking feature do not need to be very advanced, we just need to see who changed something and what it was. Therefore I decided just to use a trigger based solution, but need some input/advice since my SQL skills is somewhat lacking.
Consider the following (mock-up) schema:
-- My content table
CREATE TABLE [Content](
[ContentGuid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT (newid()),
[Data] [nvarchar](4000) NOT NULL,
[ChangedBy] [nchar](10) NOT NULL,
[MaybeNull] [int] NULL
)
-- My history table
CREATE TABLE [History](
[ChangedTable] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[ReferenceGuid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[ChangedBy] [nchar](10) NOT NULL,
[ChangedOn] [datetime] NOT NULL DEFAULT (getutcdate()),
[IsDelete] [bit] NOT NULL DEFAULT ((0)),
[Changes] [xml] NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
-- My insert/update trigger
CREATE TRIGGER [RecordChangeOnInsertUpdate]
ON [Content]
AFTER INSERT,UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Changes xml
SET @Changes = (select * from [inserted] for xml raw ('Content'), elements xsinil)
INSERT INTO [History]
([ChangedTable]
,[ReferenceGuid]
,[ChangedBy]
,[ChangedOn]
,[IsDelete]
,[Changes])
SELECT 'Content', ContentGuid, ChangedBy, getutcdate(), 0, @Changes
FROM [inserted]
END
-- My delete trigger
CREATE TRIGGER [RecordChangeOnDelete]
ON [Content]
AFTER DELETE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Changes xml
SET @Changes = (select * from [deleted] for xml raw ('Content'), elements xsinil)
INSERT INTO [History]
([ChangedTable]
,[ReferenceGuid]
,[ChangedBy]
,[ChangedOn]
,[IsDelete]
,[Changes])
SELECT 'Content', ContentGuid, ChangedBy, getutcdate(), 1, @Changes
FROM [deleted]
END
I have decided to use the "one history table for all table changes" method. The changes for a row is stored in a xml column which obviously limits the total size of columns in a table being tracked, but that is not a problem in my application. In general I like this set up, since I will be able to change the schema continuously without having to change the triggers, and since the application will probably evolve a lot over the coming months this is pretty important to me.
EDIT: I should add that all the tables I will be tracking have a uniqueidentifier column. This makes it possible to related table rows in the different tables being tracked with their history.
A few concerns with the above SQL:
- Can the inserted/deleted table change between "SET @Changes = (select * ..." and the "INSERT INTO ..." statement, such that the data is not valid? If so, how to work around that?
- If I were to (hypothetically) perform a "UPDATE [Content] SET [Data] = 'something'", not only is my update trigger called once for each row updated, but the XML added to the inserted row in the history table ([History].[Changes]) represent all the rows updated in the batch update. How do I get around this?
Are there any other issues I should be aware of?
Regards, Egil.
can any one tell me what are the sql server dba activities?
i'm a junnior dba in hyderabad, my organization is product based company.
i need the general activities, so that i can become master in atleast some aspects.
generally what is the expectations of big organizations from DBA's? especially i'm plannning for H1.
Today when I opened current activity window on my SQL6.5 server, I could not able to see any activities listed. What will be the problem?
But sp_who works fine.
Srini
Hi, I've a table named Attività there I can have many type "IDAttivitaTipo" field:T TelefonataV VisitaP PreventivoC Chiuso CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Attivita]( [IDAttivita] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [IDAttivitaStato] [varchar](1) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, [IDAttivitaTipo] [varchar](2) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, [IDAnagrafica] [int] NULL, [Data] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Attivita_Data] DEFAULT (getdate()), [Descrizione] [varchar](max) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Attivita] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [IDAttivita] ASC)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]) ON [PRIMARY] with "IDAttivitaTipo":T TelefonataV VisitaP PreventivoC Chiuso with "IDAttivitaStato" E Eseguita (held)D Da Eseguire (not held)I would like to see the state of each IDAnagrafica (company) creating a query with X rows (X companies ... X IDAzienda) and 4 fields 1/0 (true/false ....bit) that tell me if there is or there isn't an activity (IDAttivita) in T V P C type for each IDAzienda (company) .... with IDAttivitaStato E (held)T -> 1/0V -> 1/0P -> 1/0C -> 1/0I've created a SP with a parameter "IDAttivitaTipo" that allow me to view all campanies (IDAnagrafica) stopped in the "IDAttivitaTipo"if I use 'V' parameter in the SPI want to see all the companies stopped in V (IDAttivitaStato E -> Held) ...that don't have activities in P and C state .... I'm not interested if there are activities in T stateif I use 'P' parameter in the SP
I want to see all the companies stopped in P (IDAttivitaStato P ->
Held) ...that don't have activities C state .... I'm not interested if there are activities in T or V state
if I use 'C' parameter in the SP
I want to see all the companies stopped in C (IDAttivitaStato C ->
Held) ...that don't have activities after C .... I'm not interested if there are activities in T or V or P state
I've tried with these query but the result insn't right ... I can't to see some activieswhere is it my error??IF(@IDAttivitaTipo= 'V') BEGIN SELECT
(case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica
= Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND (IDAttivitaTipo='T') AND
(IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then 1 else 0 end) as
Telefonata, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita WHERE
(Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='V') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Visita, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita
WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='P') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Preventivo, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM
Attivita WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='C') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Chiuso FROM Anagrafica WHERE ('V' in (SELECT IDAttivitaTipo FROM Attivita WHERE Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica)) AND ('P' not in (SELECT IDAttivitaTipo FROM Attivita WHERE Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica)) AND ('C' not in (SELECT IDAttivitaTipo FROM Attivita WHERE Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica)) ENDIF(@IDAttivitaTipo = 'P') BEGIN SELECT
(case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica
= Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND (IDAttivitaTipo='T') AND
(IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then 1 else 0 end) as
Telefonata, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita WHERE
(Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='V') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Visita, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM Attivita
WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='P') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Preventivo, (case when exists (SELECT 1 FROM
Attivita WHERE (Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica) AND
(IDAttivitaTipo='C') AND (IDAttivitaStato='E') AND (Privato = 0)) then
1 else 0 end) as Chiuso FROM Anagrafica WHERE ('P' in (SELECT IDAttivitaTipo FROM Attivita WHERE Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica)) AND ('C' not in (SELECT IDAttivitaTipo FROM Attivita WHERE Attivita.IDAnagrafica = Anagrafica.IDAnagrafica)) AND END
We are having blocking issues on our server. Recently, I noticed that we no longer have any thing under Current Activity. When I click the plus sign beside it, it shows no items - that is, no process info, locks/process ID, or the locks/object. Does anybody know why and how I can reset it?? Thanks for your help.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSybase and DB2 both have the capability of tracking user activities ata number of levels: invalid access attempts to databases, table, etc.;creation/deletion/modification of database objects/users/groups,grants/revokes.For MS SQLServer, the only setting that I've seen in the documentationis access attempts (none, fail only, etc.)The monitor program has the capability of tracking the events that Iwant to be monitored, but it seems as though these settings persistonly while the monitor program is running.I'd like these settings to persist permanently and the event records tobe sent to the system log.I can't seem to find the right term to get this information out of theMS Books On LIne.Help!
View 5 Replies View RelatedAm I able to do this in SS Express -like a backup or something or do I need to purhcase a SQL Server Agent (I believe I saw a 3rd party company always advertising this in SQL Server Central.com). It's cheap -- just curious if I really need it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi Gurus,
I have a database server running on a sql server 7.0. Some external app is accessing this db server, reading and updating some tables. For some reason, some updating actions didn't work. I just want to track those updating actions, and see if there're some logs reporting failure reason. Is there some tool in sql server 7.0 that could help me do that? Thank you.
My data is in the following form:
CREATE TABLE Temp (ORG_NAME VARCHAR(20), START_TIME datetime, END_TIME datetime)
INSERT INTO Temp VALUES('Org Name', '2014-06-20 14:25:00.000', '2014-06-20 15:25:00.000') - AND many more like these with different START_TIME and END_TIME.
The Task:
- I need to calculate the duration of the activities PER HOUR.
i.e. in the example above, if I want to see the productivity for 2PM (i.e. activity duration from 2-3PM), I should only get 35 mins (as the activity started at 14:25). In the same way, if I see the productivity for 3PM (i.e activity duration from 3-4 PM), I should only see 25 minutes (as activity ended at 15:25).
There would technically be many activities with overlapping times - for example, there might be 5 activities starting at 14:30 and ending at 15:10. In this case, if I were to see the productivity for 2PM, I'd see 150 minutes (as each activity starts at 14:30, so 30 min per activity = 150 min). In the same way, if I saw the productivity for 3PM for those 5 activities, I'd see 50 minutes.
Is there a way for me to set up CDC so that all the processing (SQL Agent, etc) happens on the machine receiving the data? I'd like to move as much of the processing as possible to the destination.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have to make server trigger to monitor the actitites if sysadmin members. i need to get the login name,hostname and query which they are running.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIt seems to me there are two common strategies for doing DB audit trails via a trigger:
1. On an update to a row, duplicate that row in another table with
identical rows, except for perhaps the extra columns which represent
change date and changed by. Eg. When there is an update to the Customer
table, record the changes in Customer_Audit.
2. On an update to a row, check which fields were updated. Then in a
common audit table record the table, row ID, field, previous value and
new value of the field.
I'm wondering about the pros and cons of each. More specifically, do
the pros and cons change if you are using an O/R mapper (I'm using
NHibernate.)
Some thoughts on method 1 . It seems nice for an O/R mapper, since you
could have, say, a CustomerAudit Object inherit from your Customer
object and just add the properties change date and changed by. A
problem with this is you're going to add a whole lot of objects - one
for each object which you want to audit. Another drawback is that it
could be difficult to generate a history for a particular property
which was updated. Let's say I want to see the history of changes to
the customer's status. I have to load a collection of CustomerAudit
objects (which could be costly). Then I have to iterate through them
and compare the status properties to generate a history of statuses.
This is a pretty labor instensive method if you compare it to method 2,
where the change is recorded by field, not row.
Some thoughts on method 2. It's nice since the changes are by field,
not row, which (as above) makes generating a history easy. On the other
hand, you can never have a snapshot of a particular object at a
particular point in time. Moreover, I'm not sure how foreign keys would
be handled elegantly. I record that customer.statusID changes from 3 to
6. I'd have to do a seperate join to the customerstatus table to get
meaning for 3 and 6 (which method 1 would do automatically).
Thoughts? Any preferred way to do this with an O/R mapper?
Thanks
Hello,
I'm working on Sybase and recently started working on MS SQL Server. Can anyone guide me how to set up auditing for errors whether fatal or not?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Dinesh
A few days ago I saw a article on the internet (i don't know where), which described a way for auditing all database activities (like deleting records per user etc.) Unfortunally I can't find this document. Can anyone help me with this?
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80 % of DTS run from
exec master..xp_cmdshell 'dtsrun ....
20 % started by server agent
I have list with 200 DTS
I want to delete dts that are not in use.
Can I use profiler or it its possible to get info from system tables?
Thank you
Hello,
I'm working on Sybase and recently started working on MS SQL Server. Can anyone guide me how to set up auditing for errors whether fatal or not?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Dinesh
Guys,
We looking to audit tables in the database. In the tables auditing needs to be done only on few columns not all the columns. Is there any 3rd party tool available to do it can it auditing be done on columns only with sql server 2005. Trigger doesnt work in this scenario as it works per row it does not say which column in the row was updated/inserted/deleted.
For example in the below employee table, I want to audit(history) only ssn and dob columns - all the updates/inserts/deletes made to this column should be audited.
empidempname ssndob
1John,smith 122222222 07/29/2001
Any suggestions and inputs would help
Thanks
I have a table and the data in this table (for no rhyme or reason)is being deleted somehow. I'm looking for suggestions on how to audit this table and find out who or what process could be deleting my data.
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i need to set up some security standands in sql 6.5/7 . These includes auditing login attempts success and failure, access to db objects etc. I know sql is has very limited capabilities . can anyone tell me how to implement this without using event viewer etc??
Hi folks. I am a new DBA and working on taking over several existing MSSQL 6.5 applications.
My company needs to be able to audit the following actions on MSSQL.
login
logout
insert into specific tables
update in specific tables
delete from specific tables
I am looking for a 3rd party product that provides these services for SQL 6.5. I have found Braintree products and they have really nice auditing but for Oracle and not MSSQL. I have also looking into using triggers to build an audit log for me but the applications we are using require periodic updates that would force me to rebuild the triggers. This may cause too much administrativia.
Any Ideas?
Thanks, Aaron
I want to know are there any other third party tools that are used for Auditing the SQL Server Like...DBAudit.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi all:
I need some help with this. I have a development server and all the developers log in as sa. Lately test data has been mysteriously deleted from selected tables. I need to track the time that the activity is taking place so I can figure out who might be playing this little game. Can anyone suggest what I can do to find this out? Your quick response will be appreciated.
hey all, i found this auditing trigger, currently it just kicks out what was changed and when, id like to add who cause the trigger to fire as well (currently its just set to the "inventory" table). check under the "add the audit fields" comment for info:
CREATE TRIGGER TRG_inventory
ON [DBO].[inventory]
FOR DELETE,INSERT,UPDATE
AS
DECLARE @ACT CHAR(6)
DECLARE @DEL BIT
DECLARE @INS BIT
DECLARE @SQLSTRING VARCHAR(2000)
SET @DEL = 0
SET @INS = 0
IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM DELETED) SET @DEL=1
IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM INSERTED) SET @INS = 1
IF @INS = 1 AND @DEL = 1 SET @ACT = 'UPDATE'
IF @INS = 1 AND @DEL = 0 SET @ACT = 'INSERT'
IF @DEL = 1 AND @INS = 0 SET @ACT = 'DELETE'
IF @INS = 0 AND @DEL = 0 RETURN
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID(N'[DBO].[AUDIT_inventory]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(ID, N'ISUSERTABLE') = 1)
BEGIN
-- CREATE A MEMORY TABLE CONTAINING THE FIELDS AND TYPES OF THE TABLE
DECLARE @MEMTABLE TABLE
(
ID INT IDENTITY
,COLUMNAME SYSNAME
,TYPENAME VARCHAR(20)
)
-- INSERT THE COLUMNAMES AND THE DATATYPES
INSERT @MEMTABLE
(COLUMNAME,TYPENAME)
SELECT NAME,TYPE_NAME(XTYPE)
FROM SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('[DBO].[inventory]')
ORDER BY COLID
DECLARE @CUR INTEGER
DECLARE @MAX INTEGER
DECLARE @SQLSTR AS VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @CURCOL SYSNAME
DECLARE @COLTYPE AS VARCHAR(10)
-- SETUP VARIABLES
SET @SQLSTR = ''
SET @CUR=1
SELECT @MAX = MAX(ID) FROM @MEMTABLE
-- LOOP EVEY FIELD
WHILE @CUR <= @MAX
BEGIN
-- GET VALUES FROM THE MEMTABLE
SELECT @CURCOL = COLUMNAME,@COLTYPE = TYPENAME FROM @MEMTABLE WHERE ID = @CUR
IF @COLTYPE = 'INT' OR @COLTYPE = 'BIGINT' OR @COLTYPE='UNIQUEIDENTIFIER'
-- WE DO WANT TO COPY INT/BIGINT/UNIQUEIDENTIFIER FIELDS BUT IF THEY ARE AN
-- IDENTITY OR A ROWGUIDCOLUMN WE DO NOT WANT TO COPY THOSE ATTRIBUTES
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR + ' CAST('+@CURCOL + ' AS '+@COLTYPE+') AS [' + @CURCOL +'] '
ELSE
-- ANOTHER FIELD DO NOTHING JUST COPY IT AS IT IS
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR + ' '+@CURCOL + ' AS [' + @CURCOL +'] '
IF @CUR <= @MAX - 1 SET @SQLSTR=@SQLSTR + ','
SET @CUR = @CUR + 1
END
-- ADD THE AUDIT FIELDS
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR +',CAST('' '' AS CHAR(6)) AS TRG_ACTION,CAST(GETDATE() AS DATETIME) AS TRG_DATE ' - tryin to add who made the update here, figure out what GETUSER translates to
-- SET UP THE SELECT FOR CREATING THE AUDIT TABLE
SET @SQLSTR = 'SELECT TOP 0 ' + @SQLSTR + ' INTO [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] FROM [DBO].[inventory]'
EXEC(@SQLSTR)
END
IF @ACT = 'INSERT' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'INSERT' ,GETDATE() FROM INSERTED
IF @ACT = 'DELETE' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'DELETE' ,GETDATE() FROM DELETED
IF @ACT = 'UPDATE' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'UPDATE' ,GETDATE() FROM INSERTED
Is there a tool that can report transaction log information? Such asreporting what tables/columns were updated, by whom and when,etc....Thanx.
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Hello
I am more of a reporting person, recently I was asked to create stored procedure for an upcoming ASP.NET
application.
We have a problem that we are facing and any suggestion would be very helpfull.
The problem is that we have like 8 differtent tables each with 10 to 15 columns in it.
The front end application has pages with save , update , delete button which are insert,update,delete
for each of the 8 tables
i.e they save , update , delete these 8 tables
They want to a way to Update , this audit table which stores information
like ---
Date
User
Table
Column name
Previous column name
new column name
So for each row that was updated in those 8 tables , each column will have the above fields updated as a row of data
Initially we thought about triggers but it will be like 60 triggers ...Is there a better or other way of handling this?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
I want to log all changes made to a table (only updates, since there will be no deletes or inserts).
I would like to see the user who changed it, the date and time, fieldname, old value, new value.
If more fields are changed during the update, than add more records into the logging table.
What is best practise to achieve this?
Thanks,
Frans
Hi
I would like to create a simple trigger on a Customer table to fullfill two fields, on should be filled when a new customer is inserted (DateAdded) and the other when the customer is edited (DateEdited), Yes I know it is quite simple but as I am not a database expert I do not know how to solve this problem.
Thank you in advance.