Knee-Jerk Wait Statistics : PAGELATCH
Paul Randal adds another chapter to his thorough series on knee-jerk wait statistics, focusing on the often-misunderstood PAGELATCH_XX waits.
2015-11-05
5,574 reads
Articles
SQL Prompt Tips #4 - System Objects
A quick tip to help you get system object suggestions from SQL Prompt.
2015-11-04 (first published: 2012-05-01)
1,250 reads
2015-11-04
4,105 reads
SQL Server Reporting Services General Best Practices
Ghanesh Prasad discusses 12 best practices any developer or DBA should follow when working on a SSRS project.
2015-11-04
5,092 reads
Hello Azure: Azure IaaS - Getting Started
A new series to take you through the basics of how to get started using Azure as your own personal lab.
2015-11-03
2,983 reads
So You Need to Expose JSON Endpoints
Even the most experienced programmers can be caught out unawares by software they've used for years without trouble. Dino Esposito explains why and how the JSON method in an ASP.NET MVC controller class suddenly started to cause an exception on a production server, and how he fixed the problem.
2015-11-03
2,813 reads
Webinar: Database version control - optional or required?
Join Justin Dearing and Elizabeth Ayer to hear about some of the key challenges of database version control, and why it's only a matter of time before it's as essential as good backups and high performance.
2015-11-03 (first published: 2015-10-13)
8,620 reads
A Skills Roadmap for DBAs in the Cloud Era
Cloud computing is on the move. Slowly but surely, businesses are transitioning more and more key pieces of infrastructure to the cloud in order to take advantage of cost, flexibility and agility benefits. And databases, the heart and soul of all applications, are the most critical component of this transition. Gerardo Dada explores the topic.
2015-11-02
3,769 reads
10 New Features Worth Exploring in SQL Server 2016
Greg Larson gives an in-depth look at ten of the new features you can expect from SQL Server 2016.
2015-10-30
8,121 reads
Top 10 Most Common Database Scripts
What are the scripts that a working DBA uses so often that they become part of the 'muscle memory'? Grant Fritchey asked the question on the forums of SQL Server Central. From the large response, Grant was able to pick out the ten most popular T-SQL commands, scripts, or fragments. It seems as if, despite the range of tasks we do, there are some common tools we use.
2015-10-29
9,303 reads
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers