SQL Server Replication - Configuring Publisher - Transactional Replication

In one my previous post "SQL Server Replication - Configuring Distributor", we have seen how to configure the distributor database. In this post, we will see how to configure the publisher for transactional replication.

• Expand the SQL Server Instance and then "Replication"
• Right Click on "Local Publications" and choose "New Publication"
• Click Next in the welcome screen
  

Login Changes History

This query will gives the changes done to the logins in a SQL Server Instance.
This is based on the currently available Default Trace for that particular instance.

DECLARE @Tracepath nvarchar(max)
SELECT @Tracepath= [path] FROM sys.traces

SELECT TraceEvents.name AS [What Happened]
   ,SubClass.subclass_name AS [What Action]
   ,TraceTable.TargetLoginName AS [Who Was Affected]
   ,TraceTable.ApplicationName AS [From Which Application]
   ,TraceTable.LoginName AS [Who Did it]
   ,TraceTable.StartTime AS [At What Time]
FROM sys.fn_trace_gettable(@Tracepath, DEFAULT) TraceTable
JOIN sys.trace_Events TraceEvents ON TraceTable.EventClass = TraceEvents.trace_event_id
JOIN sys.trace_subclass_values SubClass ON SubClass.trace_event_id = TraceEvents.trace_event_id
AND SubClass.subclass_value = TraceTable.EventsubClass
WHERE TraceEvents.name like '%login%'
GO

T-SQL Query to find the list of databases mirrored

Here is an T-SQL Query to find the list of all databases mirrored in a particular SQL Server instance.

SELECT [Database Name] = DB.name
   ,[Recovery Model] = DB.recovery_model_desc 
   ,[Mirroring Status] = CASE WHEN DM.mirroring_state is NULL THEN 'Not Mirrored' ELSE 'Mirrored' END
FROM sys.databases DB, sys.database_mirroring DM
WHERE DB.database_id=DM.database_id
ORDER by name

T-SQL Query to display all currently executing user commands

Here is a T-SQL Query to display all currently executing user commands on an SQL Server Instance

SELECT r.session_id
            ,status
            ,SUBSTRING(qt.text,r.statement_start_offset/2, 
                  (CASE WHEN r.statement_end_offset = -1 
                  THEN len(convert(nvarchar(max), qt.text)) * 2 
                  ELSE r.statement_end_offset end - r.statement_start_offset)/2) 
            as query_text
            ,qt.dbid
            ,qt.objectid
            ,r.cpu_time
            ,r.total_elapsed_time
            ,r.reads
            ,r.writes
            ,r.logical_reads
            ,r.scheduler_id
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests r
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) AS qt
WHERE r.session_id > 50
ORDER BY r.scheduler_id, r.status, r.session_id

T-SQL Query to find all members in server role

Here is T-SQL script to find all the members present in the SQL Server roles.

SELECT SUSER_NAME(members.role_principal_id) AS [ServerRole]
   ,logins.name AS 'RoleMember'
   ,'EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember ''' +logins.name+''', '''+
   SUSER_NAME(members.role_principal_id)+'''' AS [Command to add role members]
FROM sys.server_role_members members, sys.server_principals logins
WHERE members.role_principal_id >=3 AND members.role_principal_id <=10 AND
members.member_principal_id = logins.principal_id
and logins.name <>'sa'