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Working Linked Server Query fails in sp_send_dbmail

Take the following example: EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @recipients = 'me@whatever.co.uk' , @query = 'SELECT TOP 10 * FROM LINKEDSERVERA.DATABASE.dbo.TABLE' , @attach_query_result_as_file = N'True' ...
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SA permissions issues with many nested objects

I have a broker application that's relatively complicated. Today, after I made some changes, I started getting the error: The server principal 'sa' is not able to access the database 'XYZ' under ...
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SSRS appears to be ignoring Permissions set using Report Manager

I have setup SSRS on SQL Server 2008 in native mode. As an administrator I can login to report manager, upload reports and run them, and also use the Web Service URL to generate reports. I have also ...
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User login error when trying to access secured SQL Server database

We have a username that was recently renamed from one username to another (think getting married). The Active Directory admin renamed the user because "it has always worked in the past". One vendor ...
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Security implications of guest account and database chaining on sql server?

I have another database Ydb accessing data in database Kdb. They both have the same owner. In order to allow cross database chaining, it seems I need the guest user to be enabled in Kdb. I did so ...
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Server permissions of an activation stored procedure of a Server Broker queue

I have a stored procedure that queries the sys.dm_exec_requests view. In the stored procedure the view only returns one row, while the stored procedure needs to see all of them. The MSDN article on ...
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The Login is from an untrusted domain - domain setup with computer level login

I have a Sql Server 2008 R2 database I'm attempting to connect to using ADO.NET using integrated security in the connection string. The database resides on a 64 bit Windows Server 2003 machine. The ...
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What is the equivalent of a “Certificate of Destruction” when using a cloud-hosted database?

We have a Rails application hosted by Heroku and using an Heroku Postgres database. Some of the information we store is considered to be sensitive by our users, and we've been asked if we can provide ...
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TFS 2012 - Database Project - User with NO LOGIN map to Windows - best practices

I have a SQL Server Database Project (.NET 4.5) in TFS 2012. As a DBA, i'm looking for a mechanism whereby the developers can create 'CREATE USER' sql scripts and assign their permissions within the ...
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Reconcile users with logins using 'sp_change_users_login'

Sql Server 2008 (and 2005): I have a Sql Server instance, let's say, InstA, in a Domain (called AD). In that I have a domain Windows Authentication Login, called AD\Log1 that has an associated user, ...
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How do I configure SQL Server 2012 so that it can restore and see files in my user account?

I have an SQL Server 2012 instance running as a service on my computer, and according to the service page it logs on as account "NT Service\MSSQLSERVER". However I can't see that account name ...
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PhpMyAdmin: UploadDir & SaveDir

Regarding UploadDir & SaveDir in phpmyadmin, I have them both set to './save' with permissions at 755. I am the only one using phpmyadmin, but still, could I make this tighter? Thanks PHP 5.3.3 ...
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Error Authenticating Proxy Account when Executing SSIS job

I have a SQL Server instance that runs 5 scheduled tasks each night, each of which run SSIS packages. These packages have been running for years and the associated steps run via a Proxy Account ...
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ORACLE SSL using Microsoft Certificate Store for PKI

I am trying to set up PKI SSL authentication between client and server using a Microsoft Certificate Store. Client: Windows 7 64 bit with Oracle client 11.2.0.3.0 Server: Windows 2008 R2 64 bit with ...
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EXECUTE AS over Linked Servers

I have a front end that logs into the DB as "logInA", and only has permission to "schemaA" stored procs, which use EXECUTE AS "logInB", (I have also tried EXECUTE AS 'DBO'), to handle all the business ...
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Oracle VPD Implementation?

Our team is implementing VPD into the already existing Schema. The application is currently used by one customer and in order to generalize the application we need to implement VPD in our schema. The ...