The document discusses how to define policies in SQL Server 2008 using Policy-Based Management. It begins by explaining that policies allow a database administrator to define and enforce conditions through the database engine. It then shows how to create a new condition and policy in SQL Server Management Studio to prevent the creation of any new stored procedures that do not begin with "usp_". It demonstrates testing the new policy and receiving an error when violating it. The document concludes by stating that policies can be complex and playing with them helps become more effective at defining database policies.

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By Tim Chapman
October 20, 2008, 10:41 AM PDT
Takeaway: You’ve already had a brief introduction to Policy Based Management, a new SQL
Server 2008 feature that allows the Database Administrator the ability to define and enforce
policies through the database engine.Tim Chapman now shows how you can use SQL Server
Management Studio to define your own policies.
In a previous article, I gave a brief introduction to Policy Based Management, a new SQL Server
2008 feature that allows the Database Administrator the ability to define and enforce policies
through the database engine. In today’s article I’ll look at how you can use SQL Server
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A Condition is a set of criteria defined on a Facet. A Facet is really nothing more than a SQL
Server object that you can involve in a Policy. In the Create New Condition screen, I define a new
Condition named NewStoredProcedureNames. I can define the criteria for my new Condition in the
Expressions section. Each Facet (Stored Procedure in this case) has a set of Fields for which
condition expressions can be defined. For this particular Condition, I want to set criteria so that any
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Now that I have my Condition defined, I can create a new Policy. Hot Questions View All
Right click the Policy folder and select New Policy. In the Open Policy window, choose the SSL redirection
NewProcedureNames check condition we just created. Choose the On change: prevent Evaluation
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Mode. This mode will evaluate the Policy when a new stored procedure is created, and if the
procedure does not start with usp_, an error will be thrown and the new procedure will be
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To test my new Policy, I write a script to create a new stored procedure named GetCurrentDate
that returns the current date. When I attempt to execute the script, I receive an error message
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Here is the text of the procedure I attempted to create above.
CREATE PROCEDURE GetCurrentDate
AS
SELECT CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE)
Conclusion
Today I defined a simple Policy to prevent the creation of any new stored procedure that does not
begin with usp_. The great thing about Policy-Based management is how complex you can define
your Policies to adhere to your defined database policies. The more you play around with defining
policies, the more creative and effective you’ll become at defining your own polices, so take
advantage as soon as you can!
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Plus, if they develop enough of a reputation, they are often given the first version, so
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chintak.chhapia@... 22nd Oct 2008 Votes
Thanks for excellent article, but this will not enforce proedure name to start with
usp_ only it will enforce usp.
Can we specify the except clause on condition value?
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