Daily Coping 29 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving. I do most of the cooking in the house, but I thought...
2022-12-29
16 reads
Solar Projection v Estimates
We got a solar system in 2022 to try and fix some of our power costs and hedge against the future. We were fairly confident it would work well,...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-28)
266 reads
Daily Coping 28 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to look for something positive to say to everyone you speak to. This works well during the holiday season as most people are in a...
2022-12-28
15 reads
Join me at VS Live Las Vegas 2023
I’m heading back to VS Live in March 2023 for the Las Vegas show. This time it’s at Planet Hollywood, which is a hotel I’ve never visited. I’m excited...
2022-12-27
46 reads
More DevOps with the SQL Solutions Group
I’m doing another webinar on Jan 18, 2023 with the SQL Solutions Group. You can register here and reserve a spot. Scott Klein and I did a webinar last...
2022-12-27
39 reads
Daily Coping 27 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one. This is a memory for me: This came up in a Google Photo...
2022-12-27
23 reads
Seeking Home Network Happiness
TL;DR: My home firewall/router is slow, please help me pick out a new one.
After replacing my firewall/router/WiFi access point one too many times, I’m ready to get off the...
2022-12-27
116 reads
My Stats from 2022
I wrote last week about my travel, 23 trips in 2022. However, I’ve been gathering some other stats about my life and what I do, so I wanted to...
2022-12-26
21 reads
Daily Coping 26 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to see how many people you can smile at today. Easy one for me. I find this makes me happier and my day better when...
2022-12-26
23 reads
SQLBits 2023
Super excited that I was selected to speak at SQLBits 2023. The conference is taking place 14-18 March 2023 in Wales. I have never been to Wales and am...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-23)
242 reads
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