Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to...
2011-11-09
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Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed
A few weeks ago one of our clustered server nodes blue-screened and when it came back on SQL refused to start. I started digging in and this is what...
2011-11-09
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SQL Inspiration 3-days away! Last Chance! Registration CLOSING TODAY!!
Happy, Wednesday folks! We're 3-days away from SQLInspiration, and that is the event we've been reading about for some months...
2011-11-09
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SQL University: Advanced Indexing – Filtered Indexes
Welcome back to day 2 of Advanced Indexing. Today we’re going to look at a feature that was added in...
2011-11-09
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Top 5 Third Party Quotes
Unless you’ve worked in a vacuum the likelyhood is that you either are a third company or you have many...
2011-11-09
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Why does my SSIS package run slower in BIDS than DTEXEC?
If you have been creating SSIS packages in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) for any length of time, you have...
2011-11-09
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A view has no data
I have seen quite a few posts and questions lately from people that are trying to change the data in...
2011-11-08
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Column alias in order by and where
If you ever wonder why column alias can be used in order by and not in where clause, it’s the...
2011-11-08
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CONVERT Dates and Confusion
Right I've been itching to post another Blog and actually contribute something this time. This isn't something I've learned but something I've taught many...
2011-11-08
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How much space are you wasting?
A few weeks back a client of mine asked me to write a script that could tell him the space...
2011-11-08
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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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