PASS Summit 2022 - Day 1 In Pictures
The first "full" day of PASS 2022 kicked off with a bang when Rohan Kumar (@RohanKData) stepped out on the keynote stage to announce SQL Server 2022 was GA...
2022-11-25 (first published: 2022-11-17)
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Optimized Plan Forcing in SQL Server 2022
I’ve been reading Bob Ward’s book “SQL Server 2022 Revealed” and one of the new features in Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) jumped out at me. Not because it’s going...
2022-11-16
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#PASSDataSummit – Keynote 1 Live Blogging
Happy to be chosen to live blog the keynote events out at the PASSDataSummit in Seattle, Washington this week. This page will be updated through the Keynotes, all you...
2022-11-16
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On Hybrid Events
In my blog post last night on Days 1 and 2 of the PASS Summit, I included the following comment:
(Along with that, I think having "hybrid" events like our...
2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-11-16)
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Find the Hidden Lego Steve at the Summit
I’m part of a Redgate promotion at the PASS Data Community Summit. They ordered some Lego Steve’s, which will be available at the booth. You can post some photos...
2022-11-16
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Daily Coping 16 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to change your normal routine today and notice how you feel. I am a person who likes a routine. While I travel a lot and...
2022-11-16
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Database Mirroring login attempt failed with error: ‘Connection handshake failed. An OS call failed: (80090302) 0x80090302(The function requested is not supported).
Here’s a quick one for today and is an issue that had me stumped for a while. It’s not one that I’d come across before and there isn’t really...
2022-11-28 (first published: 2022-11-16)
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PASS Summit 2022 - Pre-Cons Were Amazing!
It's that time again...TUESDAY!
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I mean...NOVEMBER!
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OK fine...SUMMIT!
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I have very much missed in-person events and I am glad that Redgate (@Redgate) has managed to continue the @PASSDataSummit framework - virtual presentations...
2022-11-16
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SQLibrium SQL Server on VMware training now free
I’m proud to be a part of the SQL Server communities globally. I do everything I can do to give back when I can. Too many times, I feel...
2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-11-15)
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SQL Server 2022 is Coming
We still don’t have an exact release date for SQL Server 2022 but at this stage we can have strong confidence that it will be with us before the...
2022-11-15
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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