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Weekly reading #28

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-10

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Coffee and Croissant

Weekly reading #27

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-01

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Weekly reading #27

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-01

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Interview with Greg Low

This is the sixth interview we have done. This time our guest is Greg Low!  I bet you know Greg as he is one of the most recognizable person...

2019-09-27 (first published: )

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Weekly reading #26

Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...

2019-09-17

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Weekly reading #26

Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...

2019-09-17

5 reads

Coffee beans and equipment

Weekly reading #25

It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...

2019-09-11

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Weekly reading #25

It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...

2019-09-11

4 reads

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BIT_COUNT II

In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:

UserID  UserPermissions
15
23
37
4       NULL
What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 4;

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