Effective Permissions on a Database
written by David Postlethwaite
Ever wondered who has what access to your database or a particular object within? With the ever...
2011-07-14
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Gethyn Ellis
We have a new contributor…
In order to keep the content fresh and the posts flowing here on my blog I have decided to publish...
2011-07-13
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Can you delete from a view?
I have seen this question come up several times over the last few months. Can you delete from a view?...
2011-07-11
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vCentre Useful Queries: Part II
After posting on twitter last week that I needed something to write a blog post about my good friend Christian...
2011-06-15
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vCentre Useful Queries: Part I
After posting on twitter last week that I needed something to write a blog post about my good friend Christian...
2011-06-14
852 reads
Planes Trains and Automobiles
I was going to write a short post showing some useful queries that can help you manage your vCentre environment,...
2011-06-10
487 reads
Calling all UK Bloggers…
Amazingly It’s been just over 4 months since I started my list of UK based SQL Server bloggers, and I...
2011-05-03
595 reads
A Royal Wedding: A Day Off
This is a little off topic:
Well Well, it’s the 29th April and all being well in about 2 hours from...
2011-04-29
1,530 reads
It’s a Deal, It’s a Steal…
Its the sale of the century. To coin a cleaned up phrase from a Guy Ritchie film (either Snatch or...
2011-04-27
643 reads
Microsoft Certification Exams: Costs are Increasing
It was announced yesterday that the cost of taking a Microsoft exam will increase from the 1 July. In the...
2011-04-27
2,401 reads
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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