Starting up a Pass Chapter
I am on my way in setting up a Pass chapter on our tiny Caribbean island. I had no clue...
2009-06-17
601 reads
Speaking at North Texas SQL Server User Group meeting
For those in or around the Dallas area tomorrow (Thursday) evening, I'll be speaking at the North Texas SQL Server...
2009-06-17
789 reads
Creating Red Gate SQL Compare Snapshots with Powershell
Co-worker and fellow DBA,, John O'Shea developed a Powershell script to create Red Gate SQL Compare snapshot files. Check out...
2009-06-17
1,064 reads
Kindle – Encouraging Plagiarism?
I ran across a story about the new Kindle blog publishing features. It was called “How the Kindle Now Lets...
2009-06-17
702 reads
Tips on Getting Hired – Part 2
Yesterday I posted Part 1 containing five ideas for those looking for work. Today I’m going to focus on what...
2009-06-16
998 reads
Three Years late, Was It Worth The Wait? Windows 7, Vista Promises Delivered.
Having been married to Microsoft for most of my professional career doesn’t mean I drink the Kool-Aid.
I have had...
2009-06-16
773 reads
A New Blog
I added a new blog to my reader today: The Client Revolution.
I heard about this from @NeilDavidson, and he mentioned...
2009-06-16
663 reads
SQLTeach Offers Wide Range of Training for DBAs and Developers
The DevTeach/SQLTeach keynote was from Tim Huckaby, founder of InterKnowlogy.
DevTeach/SQLTeach was held this past June 8-12 in Vancouver, BC at...
2009-06-16
735 reads
Notes on the Portland Code Camp 2009
I wasn’t able to attend this event, but did participate as a sponsor and I had this follow up message...
2009-06-16
650 reads
An Alternate
I was out Friday night with family at Parker Days, the festival downtown in my little city and checked email...
2009-06-16
707 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
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
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