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Import databases using backups

Import database from source server using full and transaction log backups as recorded in msdb. Use it to import one or more databases to your development environment, to test your backups regularly or to move databases to a new server. Works on SQL 7 and SQL 2000 with native and/or LiteSpeed full backups and native […]

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2007-06-06 (first published: )

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Rebuild and Reorganize Indexes in SQL 2005

This SP rebuilds and reorganizes all indexes in the specified database or all databases. You can run code or generate code. Database will be set in bulk logged mode during processing and set back to normal when finished.Different SQL Editions are handled. LOB indexes, row and page locking options, number of processors, concurrent users and […]

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2007-01-30 (first published: )

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Import databases using backups v 2

Import database from source server using full and transaction log backups as recorded in msdb. Use it to import one or more databases to your development environment, to test your backups regularly or to move databases to a new server. To move to a new server, take a transaction log backup and put all in […]

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2005-07-04 (first published: )

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Question of the Day

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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