How to create a CLR assembly on a remote server with limited permissions
How to create external_access CLR assembly on remote MS SQL server, when trustworthy option is forbidden, and only SQL login is available
Patches for SQL 10 and Techniques for SQL 11
Steve rounds up the patch news for SQL Server this week along with a look forward to the next version of the platform.
SQLServerCentral Webinar #11 Q&A - A Sandbox Development Process
The answers to questions from our webinar on Sandbox development.
TSQL Challenge 61 - Generate an HTML calendar in TSQL
This challenge is to generate an HTML calendar based on the data stored in a table.
Migrating SQL Server Databases – The DBA’s Checklist (Part 2)
Continuing from Part 1 , our Migration Checklist continues: Step 5: Update statistics It is always a good idea to update the statistics of the database that you have just installed or migrated
SQL Saturday #81 - Birmingham, AL
Come get a free day of SQL Server training in Birmingham on Jul 30, 2011.
"SQL Solstice I: The Dog Days of SQL" Opens For Registration!
Get three days of training in Raleigh, NC on Aug 18-20. There are free and paid options that you can read more about.
SQL Overview VI - Monitoring Process Locks
In the sixth part of his series on monitoring your SQL Server, David Bird looks at process locks.
Be Reasonable
Be reasonable. That's how Steve Jones thinks managers ought to behave towards their employees.
How to use temporary table in function
See a short and dirty example how to use temporary table in user defined function (UDF).
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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
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Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
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A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
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When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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Question of the Day
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