2023-07-18 (first published: 2009-11-11)
873 reads
T-SQL
Generate stored procedure parameter list based on table
Generate stored procedure parameter list based on table, useful when creating new SPs on tables with lots of columns.
2009-12-04 (first published: 2009-11-10)
2,019 reads
Solving the Running Total and Ordinal Rank Problems (Rewritten)
Revisiting his very popular article on the running total and ordinal rank problems, MVP Jeff Moden brings us a detailed analysis of how you might want to implement a solution in T-SQL.
2019-05-22 (first published: 2009-11-10)
48,258 reads
2009-11-09
4,728 reads
An Un-indexed Foreign Key Gotcha
Indexing is important for improving performance, but do you know that a lack of indexes might actually cause things to stop working? Alok Dwivedi brings us a very interesting scenario where the lack of an index causes a problem with concurrency.
2009-11-09
11,557 reads
2009-11-17 (first published: 2009-11-06)
1,007 reads
Using T-SQL CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY
That said, even though my personal focus is pretty much OO, I still miss stuff. SQL Server 2005 came out with the CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY operators and I have just started learning how to use APPLY in the last month or so. When I think I have it figured out, I am fortunate enough that some of you are interested in reading about my understanding of the technology.
2009-11-06
7,434 reads
T-SQL Best Practices – Don’t Use Scalar Value Functions in Column List or WHERE Clauses
Query performance can be affected by many different factors. This article introduces another best practice of how and how not to use a function within your T-SQL statements.
2009-11-04
8,725 reads
2009-11-02
3,977 reads
2009-10-30
4,117 reads
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers