The Netbook
I like my main laptop. It’s big and wide and bright, with lots of power and all of the bells...
2009-07-11
1,392 reads
Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do
I finished up reading Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt last week and enjoyed it....
2009-07-10
375 reads
It's all in the details
I'm one of the judges for the Exceptional DBA contest, which ends July 10, 2009. You can still enter if...
2009-07-10
526 reads
Whitepapers – Good or Evil?
I was having a discussion with Brian Knight yesterday about whitepapers and thought I’d share some of it – from my...
2009-07-09
436 reads
HP Mini Netbook - An External Monitor
When I bought the HP Mini 1030R netbook, I had every intention of using it for presentations, taking it on...
2009-07-09
988 reads
Powershell Charting with MS Chart Controls
Richard MacDonald's demonstrates using Microsoft Chart Controls with Powershell in his post, Charting with Powershell. The chart controls are free and work with...
2009-07-09
3,474 reads
SSC Site Issues
It was kind of amazing to see SQLServerCentral have issues over the last few days. We’re still not sure what...
2009-07-08
476 reads
A Laptop is nice
It's almost 9, I've been working for over an hour, and only one foot has left the bed. It touched...
2009-07-08
455 reads
PASS Update #11 (Networking Seminar at the PASS Summit)
If you haven’t seen the news yet we’ve got something new on the schedule this year – a 2 hour seminar...
2009-07-08
570 reads
The Criminals are Always Ahead
A new scheme to get ATM PIN numbers using automated systems and VOIP is in play. It's described here and...
2009-07-08
287 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
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BIT_COUNT II
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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