SQL Server Needs Incremental Updates
Although Brian likes that Microsoft delayed the next release of SQL Server for quality, he disagrees with the release strategy. See his opinion and argue your own!
2004-04-29
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Although Brian likes that Microsoft delayed the next release of SQL Server for quality, he disagrees with the release strategy. See his opinion and argue your own!
2004-04-29
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What's wrong with SQL Server? Lots of things to some people, but here's a look at where this product is positioned in the marketplace against the other RDBMSes.
2004-04-20
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A week ago, we solicited readers to let Microsoft know which of the SQL Server 2005 announced features mattered most to them. We had a great response, with 890 of you answering the survey in three days. The answers were pretty interesting. The full results can be seen at the bottom of this article.
2004-03-22
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Microsoft confirmed today that it has delayed Yukon yet again. It also announced that Yukon has an official name and will have another beta added to the development cycle. Get all the info here and share with Microsoft your thoughts about what features are important to you.
2004-03-11
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This article on CNET has some info about how Yukon affects the MS strategy in other areas.
2003-12-29
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This is a transcript of a recent chat that included our own Brian Knight!
2003-11-07
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2003-11-03
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Nothing super new here that has been rumored, this article outlines some of the changes we'll get to see in the next SQL release!
2003-04-08
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An interview where they discuss their data strategy and integration with Visual Studio .Net
2003-02-12
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Andy attended the recent PASS Community Summit and had a great time. Read some of the highlights from his perspective and maybe decide that you'll want to attend next year!
2002-12-02
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item 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