Logon triggers in sql server

we will discuss Logon triggers in SQL Server.

As the name implies Logon triggers fire in response to a LOGON event. Logon triggers fire after the authentication phase of logging in finishes, but before the user session is actually established. 

Logon triggers can be used for
1. Tracking login activity
2. Restricting logins to SQL Server
3. Limiting the number of sessions for a specific login

Logon trigger example : The following trigger limits the maximum number of open connections for a user to 3. 

CREATE TRIGGER tr_LogonAuditTriggers

ON ALL SERVER

FOR LOGON

AS

BEGIN

    DECLARE @LoginName NVARCHAR(100)

    Set @LoginName = ORIGINAL_LOGIN()

    IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions

         WHERE is_user_process = 1

         AND original_login_name = @LoginName) > 3

    BEGIN

         Print 'Fourth connection of ' + @LoginName + ' blocked'

         ROLLBACK

    END

END

An attempt to make a fourth connection, will be blocked.


The trigger error message will be written to the error log. Execute the following command to read the error log.
Execute sp_readerrorlog