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Determining the last time SQL Server was started

One notable omission from the server properties available from the SERVERPROPERTY() function is the date and time that SQL Server was last started or restarted. Hopefully this will be resolved in a future version but in the meantime here are a few ways to determine this date. They all work on SQL Server 2005 and 2008.

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Checking for users with sysadmin privileges

One thing I like to do occasionally, or when "inheriting" a new SQL server is to check which users have sysadmin privileges. As these users have access to perform any activity in SQL Server it’s important to keep the number of these users to a minimum especially on production systems.

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Quick Quiz : DATALENGTH results

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What is the result of the following SQL query ?
DECLARE @MyStr NVARCHAR (100)
SET @MyStr = 'ABC'
SELECT DATALENGTH(@MyStr)
Choose one : a) 3    b) 6    c) 50    d) 100

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