Have you ever found yourself with the need to copy SQL Server logins from one server to another? It'll come in handy if you're setting up a failover site, building a replacement server, setting up a ...

In a previous article, I talked about getting started with managing SQL server using PowerShell and the Server Management Objects (SMO). While that was mostly spent making the connection and doing ...

Is the SQL server running in Mixed mode or Windows Authentication mode only? If its the latter, it won't use SQL-Server only accoutns until you change the mode.

Hi,<br><br>we have a couple of SQL Servers (2000 and 2005) which have the SQL ports open to the Internet for our customers' convenience.<br>This results in thousands of "login failed for sa" in the ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...