Auto delete?

is there a way to auto delete all the record that is more than 1 month old compare to the date field in that table.

No try using the sql job that will run at a stupilate time and that will delete the records

Auto delete of backup files after 1 week problem

I have SQL 2000 maintenance plan setup to do full backups and have the "delete backups after 1 week" enabled but it never works. It seems to only work on the master and msdb backups but no user databases.

Any ideas?
Do you have any antivirus software installed?
What is the service pack on SQL Server?|||I think we have Trend Server Protect on all the servers.

How do I check the service pack of SQL?

Auditing tables

Hi ,
I am trying trigger for after delete /insert and update .
using below trigger , unable to insert data in myaudittable ..
Pls suggest , what changes should I make ?
Regards
"swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message news:...
> Thanks!! It works properly .
>
> Regards,
> Swati
>
> "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
> news:ebvGMQ1uEHA.4084@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > swati
> > create trigger tru_MyTable on MyTable after update
> > as
> >
> > if @.@.ROWCOUNT = 0
> > return
> >
> > insert MyAuditTable
> > select
> > i.ID
> > , d.MyColumn
> > , i.MyColumn
> > from
> > inserted i
> > join
> > deleted d on d.ID = o.Id
> > go
> >
> > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:uNbsEK1uEHA.1308@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > HI!
> > >
> > > I want to audit some collumns of one of my huge table . I wrote a
> trigger
> > > for copying updated data and original data in audit table.
> > > But when I try to update multiple rows , it gives error of "cannot
> > update
> > > multiple rows. "
> > >
> > > Is there any easy way of auditing tables without using triggers . I
> donot
> > > want to use C2-audit .
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Swati
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>What error are you getting? Please post your actual trigger code and table
DDL.
--
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
news:O$InOPAvEHA.1520@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi ,
> I am trying trigger for after delete /insert and update .
> using below trigger , unable to insert data in myaudittable ..
> Pls suggest , what changes should I make ?
> Regards
>
> "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message news:...
>> Thanks!! It works properly .
>> Regards,
>> Swati
>> "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
>> news:ebvGMQ1uEHA.4084@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > swati
>> > create trigger tru_MyTable on MyTable after update
>> > as
>> >
>> > if @.@.ROWCOUNT = 0
>> > return
>> >
>> > insert MyAuditTable
>> > select
>> > i.ID
>> > , d.MyColumn
>> > , i.MyColumn
>> > from
>> > inserted i
>> > join
>> > deleted d on d.ID = o.Id
>> > go
>> >
>> > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
>> > news:uNbsEK1uEHA.1308@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > > HI!
>> > >
>> > > I want to audit some collumns of one of my huge table . I wrote a
>> trigger
>> > > for copying updated data and original data in audit table.
>> > > But when I try to update multiple rows , it gives error of "cannot
>> > update
>> > > multiple rows. "
>> > >
>> > > Is there any easy way of auditing tables without using triggers . I
>> donot
>> > > want to use C2-audit .
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > Swati
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||Thanks dan . There was some silly mistake I did in coding . Instead of using
full outer joins ,I was using normal joins ,so was not able to get the
deleted records .Now it's working fine.
regards,
Swati.
"Dan Guzman" <guzmanda@.nospam-online.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:ulLkEBCvEHA.2196@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> What error are you getting? Please post your actual trigger code and
table
> DDL.
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:O$InOPAvEHA.1520@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi ,
> > I am trying trigger for after delete /insert and update .
> > using below trigger , unable to insert data in myaudittable ..
> > Pls suggest , what changes should I make ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message news:...
> >> Thanks!! It works properly .
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Swati
> >>
> >> "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
> >> news:ebvGMQ1uEHA.4084@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > swati
> >> > create trigger tru_MyTable on MyTable after update
> >> > as
> >> >
> >> > if @.@.ROWCOUNT = 0
> >> > return
> >> >
> >> > insert MyAuditTable
> >> > select
> >> > i.ID
> >> > , d.MyColumn
> >> > , i.MyColumn
> >> > from
> >> > inserted i
> >> > join
> >> > deleted d on d.ID = o.Id
> >> > go
> >> >
> >> > "swati" <swati.zingade@.ugamsolutions.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:uNbsEK1uEHA.1308@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> > > HI!
> >> > >
> >> > > I want to audit some collumns of one of my huge table . I wrote a
> >> trigger
> >> > > for copying updated data and original data in audit table.
> >> > > But when I try to update multiple rows , it gives error of
"cannot
> >> > update
> >> > > multiple rows. "
> >> > >
> >> > > Is there any easy way of auditing tables without using triggers . I
> >> donot
> >> > > want to use C2-audit .
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > > Swati
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

audit tables, delete triggers, and asp.net

i'm in a bit of a bind at work. if anyone could help, i'd greatly
appreciate it.

i have a web app connecting to a sql server using sql server
authentication. let's say, for example, my login/password is
dbUser/dbUser. the web app however, is using windows authentication.
so if I am logged into the network as 'DOMAIN\Eric', when I access my
web app, my web app knows that I am 'DOMAIN\Eric'. but to the sql
server db, I am user 'dbUser'.

now, i for each table i have, i need to implement an audit table to
record all updates, inserts, deletes that occur against it. i was
going to do so with triggers. this is all fine for selects, inserts,
and updates. for each table, i have an updatedby and an updatedate.

for example, let's say i have a table:

create table blah
(
id int,
col1 varchar(10),
updatedby varchar(30),
updatedate datetime
)

and corresponding audit table:

create audit_blah
(
id int,
blah_id int,
blah_col1 varchar(10),
blah_updatedby varchar(1),
blah_updatedate datetime
)

for update and insert triggers, i can know what to insert into the
updatedby column of audit_blah because it's in a corresponding row in
blah. my web app knows what user is accessing the application, and
can insert that name into blah. blah's trigger will then insert that
name into audit_blah.

however, in the case of a delete, i'm not passing in an 'updatedby',
because i'm deleting. in this situation, how can the trigger know
what user is deleting? the db only knows that sql user 'dbUser' is
deleting, but doesn't know that 'dbUser' is deleting on behalf of
'DOMAIN\Eric'. is there any way for my app to inform the trigger to
access my windows identity without having a corresponding row in the
table from which to pull that info?

obviously, i could have each of my app's users log into SQL server
through Windows authentication; then i could just use SYSTEM_USER.
but let's say, for performance's sake, it'd be better for me to use
one sql server login. (i believe one user works better for connection
pooling purposes.) is there a way to get around this?

(i'm hoping a built-in function exists that solves all my problems.)

suggestions? resources?

any help would be great appreciated.

happy turkeys.

EricHi

You may want to do soft deletes instead (possibly with a garbage collection
job!) or do the deletes through a stored procedure and log them differently.

John
"ecastillo" <encee5@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:a2f0a8ac.0411252044.5dffaa2@.posting.google.co m...
> i'm in a bit of a bind at work. if anyone could help, i'd greatly
> appreciate it.
> i have a web app connecting to a sql server using sql server
> authentication. let's say, for example, my login/password is
> dbUser/dbUser. the web app however, is using windows authentication.
> so if I am logged into the network as 'DOMAIN\Eric', when I access my
> web app, my web app knows that I am 'DOMAIN\Eric'. but to the sql
> server db, I am user 'dbUser'.
> now, i for each table i have, i need to implement an audit table to
> record all updates, inserts, deletes that occur against it. i was
> going to do so with triggers. this is all fine for selects, inserts,
> and updates. for each table, i have an updatedby and an updatedate.
> for example, let's say i have a table:
> create table blah
> (
> id int,
> col1 varchar(10),
> updatedby varchar(30),
> updatedate datetime
> )
> and corresponding audit table:
> create audit_blah
> (
> id int,
> blah_id int,
> blah_col1 varchar(10),
> blah_updatedby varchar(1),
> blah_updatedate datetime
> )
> for update and insert triggers, i can know what to insert into the
> updatedby column of audit_blah because it's in a corresponding row in
> blah. my web app knows what user is accessing the application, and
> can insert that name into blah. blah's trigger will then insert that
> name into audit_blah.
> however, in the case of a delete, i'm not passing in an 'updatedby',
> because i'm deleting. in this situation, how can the trigger know
> what user is deleting? the db only knows that sql user 'dbUser' is
> deleting, but doesn't know that 'dbUser' is deleting on behalf of
> 'DOMAIN\Eric'. is there any way for my app to inform the trigger to
> access my windows identity without having a corresponding row in the
> table from which to pull that info?
> obviously, i could have each of my app's users log into SQL server
> through Windows authentication; then i could just use SYSTEM_USER.
> but let's say, for performance's sake, it'd be better for me to use
> one sql server login. (i believe one user works better for connection
> pooling purposes.) is there a way to get around this?
> (i'm hoping a built-in function exists that solves all my problems.)
> suggestions? resources?
> any help would be great appreciated.
> happy turkeys.
> Eric|||[posted and mailed, please reply in news]

ecastillo (encee5@.gmail.com) writes:
> however, in the case of a delete, i'm not passing in an 'updatedby',
> because i'm deleting. in this situation, how can the trigger know
> what user is deleting? the db only knows that sql user 'dbUser' is
> deleting, but doesn't know that 'dbUser' is deleting on behalf of
> 'DOMAIN\Eric'. is there any way for my app to inform the trigger to
> access my windows identity without having a corresponding row in the
> table from which to pull that info?

You could use SET CONTEXT_INFO. This command is somewhat tricky to use,
but it's workable. This commands sets the column context_info in
sysprocesses. The value is a binary value. Here is an example:

declare @.bin varbinary(30)
select @.bin = convert(varbinary(30), 'DOMAIN\Eric')
set context_info @.bin
go
select convert(varchar(30), context_info)
from master..sysprocesses where spid = @.@.spid

The web server would do the first part, the trigger the second part.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp

Audit Tables and triggers

Dear Group,

I would like to create an audit table that is created with a trigger that
reflects all the changes(insert, update and delete) that occur in table.

Say I have a table with

Subject_ID, visit_number, dob, weight, height, User_name, inputdate

The audit table would have .

Subject_ID, visit_number, dob, weight, height, User_name, inputdate,
edit_action, edit_reason.

Where the edit_action would be insert, update, delete; the edit_reason would
be the reason given for the edit.

Help with this would be great, since I am new to the world of triggers.

Thanks,

JeffJeff Magouirk (magouirkj@.njc.org) writes:
> I would like to create an audit table that is created with a trigger that
> reflects all the changes(insert, update and delete) that occur in table.
> Say I have a table with
> Subject_ID, visit_number, dob, weight, height, User_name,
> inputdate
> The audit table would have .
> Subject_ID, visit_number, dob, weight, height, User_name, inputdate,
> edit_action, edit_reason.
> Where the edit_action would be insert, update, delete; the edit_reason
> would be the reason given for the edit.
> Help with this would be great, since I am new to the world of triggers.

If you need to do to this on a broad scale, consider 3rd-party solutions.
Two that I usually recommend - although I've used none of them myself -
is SQLAudit from Red Matrix and Entegra from Lumigent. SQL Audit is
based on triggers, Entegra works from the transaction log.

But for a one-shot you could do:

CREATE TRIGGER tbl_audit_tri ON tbl FOR INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE

IF @.@.rowcount = 0
RETURN

IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM inserted)
BEGIN
INSERT logtable (subject_id, ... edit_action)
SELECT subject_id, ...
CASE WHEN EXISTS (SELECT * FROM deleted)
THEN 'UPDATE'
ELSE 'INSERT'
FROM inserted
END
ELSE
BEGIN
INSERT logtable (subject_id, ... edit_action)
SELECT subject_id, ..., 'DELETE'
FROM delete
END

As you see I have left out edit_reason. This is because I don't know
what you mean with "edit_reason", and anyway it sounds like something
that can be quite difficult to get hold of from the trigger.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp

Audit on 1 db

Hi guys
I need to give a contractor access to Audit/Trace 1 database. The contractor
also needs to be able to create, drop, insert, delete & update 1 database on
a server.
At the moment I have added him to the System Administrator role. Is there
any way I can restrict him to only the ONE database he actually needs to
access or does he need to System Admin role in order to Audit/trace.
Thanks.
Regards
JonasUsing profiler with SQL Server 2000 requires being a member
of sysadmin
If it's SQL Server 7, you can grant execute permissions on
the Profiler extended stored procedures - xp_trace_* and
xp_sqltrace.
-Sue
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:17:09 +1000, "Jonas Larsen"
<Jonas.Larsen@.Alcan.com> wrote:

>Hi guys
>I need to give a contractor access to Audit/Trace 1 database. The contracto
r
>also needs to be able to create, drop, insert, delete & update 1 database o
n
>a server.
>At the moment I have added him to the System Administrator role. Is there
>any way I can restrict him to only the ONE database he actually needs to
>access or does he need to System Admin role in order to Audit/trace.
>Thanks.
>Regards
>Jonas
>

Audit Design Question

I need to audit Insert, Update and Delete on tables in the database.
But the symin of the app can selectively enable and disable auditing
on tables. So I need to be able to switch the auditing on and off.
Is there any built-in function in SqlServer 2005 that I can use to
track changes?
In the absence of built-in auditing I have come up with two possible
solutions:
1) Pass a patameter called @.bAudit to the stored procedures performing
CRUD tasks and if the parameter is true then insert a row into the
audit table (audit table has the same schema as the main table but with
a few more columns for tracking).
2) Use triggers on Insert, Update and Delete but I can't find out how
to disable triggers at run time.
Can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks.S Chapman,

> 2) Use triggers on Insert, Update and Delete but I can't find out how
> to disable triggers at run time.
Use the statement "alter table".
alter table dbo.t1
disable trigger trigger_name
See BOL for more info.

> 1) Pass a patameter called @.bAudit to the stored procedures performing
> CRUD tasks and if the parameter is true then insert a row into the
> audit table (audit table has the same schema as the main table but with
> a few more columns for tracking).
A possible solution could be having an options table and check the option
inside the trigger.
update conf_options
set audit = 1
where table_name = 'my_table'
go
create trigger tr_mytable on my_table
for insert, update, delete
as
if exists (select * from dbo.conf_options where table_name = 'my_table' and
audit = 1)
begin
-- put here the audit code
end
go
AMB
"S Chapman" wrote:

>
> I need to audit Insert, Update and Delete on tables in the database.
> But the symin of the app can selectively enable and disable auditing
> on tables. So I need to be able to switch the auditing on and off.
> Is there any built-in function in SqlServer 2005 that I can use to
> track changes?
> In the absence of built-in auditing I have come up with two possible
> solutions:
> 1) Pass a patameter called @.bAudit to the stored procedures performing
> CRUD tasks and if the parameter is true then insert a row into the
> audit table (audit table has the same schema as the main table but with
> a few more columns for tracking).
> 2) Use triggers on Insert, Update and Delete but I can't find out how
> to disable triggers at run time.
> Can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks.
>

Audit Delete Statements

Hi

I was curious whether it's possible to audit DELETE statements in the MS SQL database. I created a procedure (below), but I didn't find any event associated with DELETE statements.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Alla

CREATE proc sp_Turn_Audit_On
as
/************************************************** **/
/* Created by: SQL Profiler */
/* Date: 11/15/2006 05:16:40 PM */
/************************************************** **/

-- Create a Queue
declare @.rc int
declare @.TraceID int
declare @.maxfilesize bigint
declare @.StatusMsg varchar
declare @.ServerTraceFile varchar
set @.ServerTraceFile = 'E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Trace\Audit_Info'
set @.maxfilesize = 1024

-- Client side File and Table cannot be scripted

-- Set the events
declare @.on bit
set @.on = 1

exec @.rc = sp_trace_create @.TraceID OUTPUT, 0, N'\\hostname\dbauditlog\my_dir', @.maxfilesize, NULL
print @.TraceID

if (@.rc != 0) goto error
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 1, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 6, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 9, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 10, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 11, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 12, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 13, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 14, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 16, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 17, @.on
exec sp_trace_setevent @.TraceID, 14, 18, @.on
-- Set the Filters
declare @.intfilter int
declare @.bigintfilter bigint

exec sp_trace_setfilter @.TraceID, 10, 0, 7, N'SQL Profiler'

-- Set the trace status to start
exec sp_trace_setstatus @.TraceID, 1
--SELECT @.StatusMsg = 'sp_trace_setstatus' + ' Error - ' + @.TraceID
-- display trace id for future references
select TraceID=@.TraceID

goto noCursor

error:
select ErrorCode=@.rc

noCursor:
return

GO
exec sp_procoption N'sp_Turn_Audit_On', N'startup', N'true'
GOTake a look at tirggers (http://doc.ddart.net/mssql/sql70/create_8.htm) :)|||I see...

I just noticed that there is an event to audit TSQL via SQL Profiler. I spooled the script to a SQL file. however, is there any way of filtering it that it would capture DELETE statements only?

Thanks,
Alla|||Spool SQL Profiler output to a table so you can query it.

Attaching & Detaching SQL 2000 Databases

Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
Thanks,
Ross
Why detach and delete the transaction log? I've seen the
error before when others have done the same - it's not
really the best thing to do.
Some reasons for it not attaching are it not being cleanly
detached, issues or corruption in the database before
detaching, not using the with recovery clause, not using
sp_attach_single_file_db, using sp_attach_single_file_db
when the database had multiple log files.
-Sue
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:37:29 -0600, "Ross Culver"
<rculver@.ranger-systems.com> wrote:

>Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
>log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
>other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
>transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
>Thanks,
>Ross
>

Attaching & Detaching SQL 2000 Databases

Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
Thanks,
RossWhy detach and delete the transaction log? I've seen the
error before when others have done the same - it's not
really the best thing to do.
Some reasons for it not attaching are it not being cleanly
detached, issues or corruption in the database before
detaching, not using the with recovery clause, not using
sp_attach_single_file_db, using sp_attach_single_file_db
when the database had multiple log files.
-Sue
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:37:29 -0600, "Ross Culver"
<rculver@.ranger-systems.com> wrote:
>Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
>log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
>other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
>transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
>Thanks,
>Ross
>

Attaching & Detaching SQL 2000 Databases

Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
Thanks,
RossWhy detach and delete the transaction log? I've seen the
error before when others have done the same - it's not
really the best thing to do.
Some reasons for it not attaching are it not being cleanly
detached, issues or corruption in the database before
detaching, not using the with recovery clause, not using
sp_attach_single_file_db, using sp_attach_single_file_db
when the database had multiple log files.
-Sue
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:37:29 -0600, "Ross Culver"
<rculver@.ranger-systems.com> wrote:

>Why is it that sometimes you can detach a database, delete the transaction
>log, reattched the database and a new transaction log will be created; and
>other times, the attach fails with an error message indicating that the
>transaction log file name (including the path) "may be incorrect"?
>Thanks,
>Ross
>