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Get the Value of a BitMask

This function will take a 64 bitmask string and return the value of bitmask. If you need 128, 256, etc simply change the length of the parameter, being careful to remember you may need to change the return type of int to BigInt if you get too long.

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2005-01-04 (first published: )

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Auto Fix Orphaned Users

Add this procedure to the master database, it can then be executed from any DB to fix orphaned users (very useful when moving back to development). Using sp_msforeachdb with the proc allows you to resolve orphaned users in all databases in a single command: SP_MSFOREACHDB "USE ?; EXEC SP_AUTOFIX_USERS;"

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2004-12-15 (first published: )

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