Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Generalists vs. Specialists

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I’ve stated quite often that being a generalist has generally been beneficial for my IT career (pun intended). That’s why...

2014-11-13 (first published: 2014-11-06)

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We’re at War – Cyberwar

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In case you’ve not been following the news with regards to *government* breaches:
White House computers hacked – Russia suspectedUS Postal Service...

2014-11-13

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Speaking at SQL Saturday #354 – Charleston, SC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you’re looking to warm up for the winter, come on down to Charleston, SC, on December 13, 2014. Charleston...

2014-11-12

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Consolidating Email Accounts

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I am consolidating my professional email accounts into one place. If you’ve previously contacted me using my linchpinpeople.com or either...

2014-10-21

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SQL Server Security Benchmarks

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you’re not familiar with the Center for Internet Security, here’s the organization’s mission statement:
The Mission of the Center for...

2014-10-20

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#TSQL2sday #59 – My Heroes

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here is my list of heroes for #TSQL2sday. None of them are directly tied to technology, much less SQL Server....

2014-10-14

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Slides and Code for SSIG Talk

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Thank you for those who made it out to the SQL Server Innovators Guild last night in Greenville, SC. I...

2014-10-08

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The Fallacy of Internal Access Only

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In the wake of Shell Shock, I’ve seen some vendor advisories indicate that while their product is vulnerable, it’s only...

2014-10-07 (first published: 2014-09-30)

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Carolina Technology Conference: Presentation Materials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

For those able to attend my session at this year’s Carolina Technology Conference, thank you! As promised, here are the...

2014-10-06

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Four Things PASS gets Right

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

PASS has taken a lot of heat recently. A few folks have pointed out that you only seem to hear...

2014-09-29 (first published: 2014-09-24)

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Blogs

Advice I Like: Respect

“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...

Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap

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Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...

Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work

By Eduardo Pivaral

If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...

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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About

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Question of the Day

BIT_COUNT I

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

UserID  UserPermissions
15
23
37

What is returned when I run this code:

select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 3;

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