17 May 2018

Database user added

by Eelco Drost

Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

3,084 0 Compliance

Metrics install automatically if you have SQL Monitor installed.

If you are using Redgate’s SQL Server monitoring tool, SQL Monitor, you can instantly install and run this metric on your servers.

This custom metric queries the default trace to find events related to whenever a login is added as a database user to a database.

Metric definition

Name

Database user added

Description

This custom metric queries the default trace to find events related to whenever a login is added as a database user to a database.

The T-SQL query that will collect data


		
			
			
Transact-SQL
			
			SELECT count(*)
FROM sys.fn_trace_gettable(CONVERT(VARCHAR(150), (
				SELECT TOP 1 f.[value]
				FROM sys.fn_trace_getinfo(NULL) f
				WHERE f.property = 2
				)), DEFAULT) T
INNER JOIN sys.trace_events e ON eventclass = trace_event_id
INNER JOIN sys.trace_categories AS cat ON e.category_id = cat.category_id
WHERE T.EventClass = 109 --Add DB User event
	AND T.EventSubClass = 3 --Add (4 = delete)
	AND T.DatabaseID = DB_ID()
	AND t.StartTime BETWEEN DATEADD(MINUTE, - 2, GETDATE())
		AND GETDATE()
			
				
					
				
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						SELECT count(*)
FROM sys.fn_trace_gettable(CONVERT(VARCHAR(150), (
				SELECT TOP 1 f.[value]
				FROM sys.fn_trace_getinfo(NULL) f
				WHERE f.property = 2
				)), DEFAULT) T
INNER JOIN sys.trace_events e ON eventclass = trace_event_id
INNER JOIN sys.trace_categories AS cat ON e.category_id = cat.category_id
WHERE T.EventClass = 109 --Add DB User event
	AND T.EventSubClass = 3 --Add (4 = delete)
	AND T.DatabaseID = DB_ID()
	AND t.StartTime BETWEEN DATEADD(MINUTE, - 2, GETDATE())
		AND GETDATE()

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Databases to collect from

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Metric collection

Enabled

Alert definition

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3,084 Rate

Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

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Metric definition

Name

Description

The T-SQL query that will collect data

Instances to collect from

Databases to collect from

Collection frequency

Use collected or calculated values

Metric collection

Alert definition

What are custom metrics?

What is SQL Monitor?

Featured custom metrics

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