Duplicate log entries due to nested containers - sql-server

Any simple way of solving the problem where you have a component and get the same log massage more than one time due to the fact that the component is nested inside other components (like a container and a data flow for example)
I found this, where MS say it wont do anything about it, but its from 2007.
I dont really want to do the workaround suggested, seems a lot of work.

For logging, if you chose to log to sql server, SSIS will create a Stored Proc
(SQL 2005)
Proc Name: dbo.sp_dts_addlogentry
Table Name: dbo.sysdtslog90 (user table)
(SQL 2008)
Proc Name: dbo.sp_ssis_addlogentry
Table Name: dbo.sysssislog (system table)
You are free to modify this to filter out log entries (sql will recreate it if it is missing, but will not overwrite a self written version of the same name.)
The system generated version is simply an insert into of the parameters sent to the proc by SSIS.
You can add logic to follow the chain up the executionid to find parent objects and suppress logging for entries that have already been logged (you will want to handle the OnError event name in your code for this) I usually pass OnPreExecute, OnPostExecute, OnError, and OnTaskFailed events into my logging proc. By default, the proc also gets PackageStart and PackageEnd events.
That being said, I let all of these log fully to the table in sql then use summary and detail report to check the logging and see errors. My report filters to show only the one error for each occurance rather than filtering on the input into the log file. I also log all of my SSIS packages into a single database for configurations and logging that is included in every SSIS package.

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SQL Server Trace not capturing all Audit Add DB User events

In the SQL Server Audit Add DB User Event Class, there are four Event Sub Classes defined:
Add
Drop
Grant database access
Revoke database access
(MS documentation found here)
When I set up SQL Server Profiler to trace the Audit Add DB User Event Class, it only seems to capture events with a subclass of 3 or 4, and not 1 or 2.
To test the trace, I am using the following SQL statements:
CREATE USER testuser FOR LOGIN testlogin;
DROP USER testuser;
When I run these statements in SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Profiler displays two Audit Add DB User Events, one with EventSubClass 3 (Grant database access) and one with EventSubClass 4 (Revoke database access), but does not display anything for EventSubClass 1 (Add) or EventSubClass 2 (Drop).
From what I can tell, all three even subclasses should be covered by the SQL statements used above. Is there something additional that needs to be configured in order to capture these event subclasses?
The old trace functionality has been deprecated since 2012. I did some testing and depending on what commands I executed I could get 2. But I never managed to get 1. If you look at the documentation for this event class, you'll see that it is documented to provide information when you use the ancient procedures sp_adduser, sp_dropuser, etc. But even when doing that it seems a bit flaky.
Sure, one could report this to MS, but they will (most likely) just say that you should use a technology which isn't deprecated. I.e., Extended Events. I very much doubt that MS will pour any resources into fixing this, even if that would consider this to be a bug in the first place. So, my recommendation will be the same: Look into Extended Events instead.
Here's a blog I wrote about "getting into" XE: http://sqlblog.karaszi.com/tips-for-getting-started-with-extended-events/

SQL Server database audit selects, failed logins and executed code for entire database, all objects

I want to track all failed logins to our production environment.
Including all selects to all objects.
Based on:
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/sql-server-audit-magic-without-a-wizard/
and
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/sql-server-security-audit-basics/
and in particular:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sreekarm/2009/01/05/auditing-select-statements-in-sql-server-2008/
It suggests I need to name each object, in the schema for me to be able to save all the select statements, which I don't want to do. There are 1500 tables, and 2300 views.
Is it not possible for the audit, to take the database object, and any SELECT executed on that object is saved in the audit file, including user, statement and time etc.?
The failed login i get from the failed login principal group, but so far I've not been able to get the select statement, unless I specifically name the objects for which to audit.
Naming them, also means I have to update the audit every time a new view or table is added.
You can use Extended Events
For your specific scenario,you might want to select batch starting and batch completed events..
You can also add more info in the next screens like username,host info ...
finally,you can add filters to filter this only for one database or all databases or proc with speficic name and a lot..
This info can be logged to file for later analysis..
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/getting-started-with-extended-events-in-sql-server-2012/
For Failed logins,you can right click server and go to below page to audit ..this will be enabled by default and it will be logged to error log

SSIS Logging showing random behaviour while logging event in dbo.syssisLog table

I was planning to use SSIS logging to get task level details (duration of running, error message thrown-if any, user who triggered the job ) for my package.
SSIS was creating dbo.syssisLog table under System table and it was working just fine. Suddenly it stops creating table under System table and start creating under Users table. Also now it is not logging some events which were logged previously when created under System table. Events like: PackageStart and User:PackageStart/User:PackageEnd event for some tasks.
Can anyone please guide me what's going wrong here ?
The table showing under System versus User tables is fairly meaningless but if you want the table to show the same, set it as a MS shipped table
EXECUTE sys.sp_MS_marksystemobject 'sysssislog'
The way database logging works in the package deployment model, is that SSIS will attempt to log to dbo.sysdtslog90/dbo.sysssislog (depending on your version) but if that table doesn't exist, it will create it for you. There is a copy of that table in the msdb catalog which is marked as a system object. When SSIS creates its own copy, it just has the DDL somewhere in the bowels of the code that does logging. You'll notice it also creates a stored procedure sp_ssis_addlogentry to assist in the logging.
As for your observation for inconsistent logging behaviour, all I can say is I've never seen that. The only reason it won't log an event is if the event doesn't occur - either a precursor condition didn't happen or the package errors out. If you can provide a reproducible scenario where it does and then doesn't log events, I'll be happy to tell you why it does/doesn't do it.

Error while fetching data from WhereScape red

I have created on load table. However, while viewing data I'm getting error below:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] Invalid object name 'LOAD_TAL_Tablename'
May I know what is the problem? How to resolve this?
Very old topic, but still worth to answer.
The reason is invalid syntax, as mentioned above. I received the same error and then investigated in logs that although I am loading data between different databases, Wherescape did not add reference to appropriate source database in generated SQL code. So, by default, it was referring to target database when looking for source table.
To fix this, see below steps:
Find your soruce connection and open it's Properties
On Properties tab, in Source System section make sure that the field Database ID is filled in with name of your database. If not - put it there
Try to load tables and look at SQL used to load the table in logs. Make sure your reference to source table is three-part (this time it should point to correct database).
Check whether the object exists (natch!) and more specifically what schema it is located in. By default RED will expect to see it in the dbo schema and I have seen in the past that if you are using AD and groups for authentication/authorisation objects may get created under the default schema of the automatically-created user (if that is the case, delete them manually in SSMS and set the Default Schema mapping for the user to "dbo")
Of course, you have actually /created/ the table haven't you? Just defining it in RED will only create tyhe meta data definition. Make sure you have right-clicked and chosen Create/ReCreate etc... (though to be fair if this is where you are stuck ...)
HTH,
Mark
Can you post the code that you used to create the table as well as the code you are running when you get the error. It just sounds like a syntax issue.

Find Which applications access my server using Profiler Trace with Application Name column

I Need to find out what are all the applications that use my sql server.
I'm using Profiler trace to do this (if there's another way to do this I would appreciate it)
On Profiler I'm using a Replay template, and after looking at the trace result I see that there's a column called Application Name, I'm wondering if there's a way to get the distinct ones (the trace is on a .trc file).
(By the way is this supposed to be posted on stackoverflow or serverfault?)
Thanks,
Gabriel
Try this:
SELECT DISTINCT ApplicationName
FROM ::fn_trace_gettable('C:\YourFolder\YourTraceFile.trc', DEFAULT) t
You can actually do this right from within Profiler in SQL Server 2008.
Create a trace with the following two events:
Security Audit : Audit Login
Security Audit : Existing Connection
For those two events, capture the following columns:
Event Class
Application Name
SPID (required)
Event Sub Class
Add a filter to Event Subclass to restrict it to values of 1. This filter will only capture non-pooled logins. This should give you all your existing connections and any new logins that occur during the time you are running your trace.
Next, in the organize columns, move Application Name up to the "Groups" section. This will now group all the results by the Application Name.
This is a pretty light weight trace and shouldn't put much (if any) load on the server if you restrict it to just those events and apply the filter.
(I'm pretty sure previous versions work the same way. I just don't have one in front of me to test.)

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