Getting TEXT, NTEXT and IMAGE columns in Database
As per Microsoft documentation these types will be removed from future version
2017-06-02 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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Converting values into Rows
Script describe one of the way to divide values into rows by using any specified dividing value.
2016-11-15 (first published: 2016-11-04)
836 reads
Getting top ranked employee detail for each department
Using OVER clause with ROW_NUMBER() function to get top ranked employee detail as per each department.
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-03)
793 reads
SQLCMD to export data in txt file
SQLCMD is one of many methods to export your database data to some text file
2016-10-12 (first published: 2016-09-27)
22,140 reads
Handling with currently running and blocking sessions
Checks currently running sessions and blocking queries with session information
2016-10-05 (first published: 2016-09-16)
802 reads
2016-07-05 (first published: 2016-05-26)
4,898 reads
2016-07-01 (first published: 2016-05-24)
660 reads
Getting LEAD and LAG values manually
LEAD and LAG functions are new in SQL Server 2012 , This short Script could be used to get these values in Earlier versions also
2016-06-28 (first published: 2016-05-18)
795 reads
Table Comparison Procedure
Procedure to compare two tables , getting table names and rows to display
2016-06-07 (first published: 2016-05-06)
1,056 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 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers