I keep track of all hits to my website RealCajunRecipes.com in a SQL table called hitcounter which has columns for the user's IP, browser, referring URL and the date. Recently, I saw a surge in traffic and wanted to know which domains were sending the traffic our way. After getting tired of issuing ad-hoc queries that …

This isn't a very common scenario, but I figured I'd write about it anyway. We recently implemented a Windows 2003 Active Directory domain at work. I suggested to my employer that, going forward, we only install SQL Server 2005 when we need a database server (phasing out 2000). I'd also suggested consolidating a couple …

Using SQL and want to know how many times 'http' appears in a string using about one line of code? Find out by creatively using the replace() function. Declare @myStr varchar(1500), @countStr varchar(100) Set @myStr = 'https://www.buydrugshere.com go here! https://www.onlinemortage.com right there!' Set @countStr = …

Update (2025): This post reflects a 2006-era approach using VBScript, WMI event subscriptions, and SQL Server for centralized logging. For modern environments, consider Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) to a Windows Event Collector, or forwarding to centralized platforms (e.g., Azure Monitor/Log Analytics, Splunk, …