Technical Article

Social Networking in the SQL Server Community

Like many SQL Server (and other technology) people, I utilize several social networking vehicles to stay in touch with others in the SQL community. Some of those who don’t use Facebook and Twitter (among others) have expressed skepticism of the real value of social networking. Does it work? Does it provide any value beyond entertainment? Can it actually help your career? I believe the answer to all of these queries is Yes.

Technical Article

Statistics Used by the Query Optimizer in Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 collects statistical information about indexes and column data stored in the database. These statistics are used by the SQL Server query optimizer to choose the most efficient plan for retrieving or updating data. This paper describes what data is collected, where it is stored, and which commands create, update, and delete statistics. By default, SQL Server 2008 also creates and updates statistics automatically, when such an operation is considered to be useful. This paper also outlines how these defaults can be changed on different levels (column, table, and database).

Blogs

Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego

By

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

Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...

A New Word: Attriage

By

attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

Alamat Kantor Bank BCA KCP Lomanis Telp:08218154393

By m4l4mt194

WA:08218154393 Jl. Gatot Subroto No.080A, RT.001, Cigobang, Gunungsimping, Kec. Cilacap Tengah, Kabupaten Cilacap, Jawa...

Alamat Kantor Bank BCA KCU CILACAP Telp:08218154393

By layanan0013

WA:08218154393 Jl. Jend. Ahmad Yani No.118, Sidakaya Dua, Sidakaya, Kec. Cilacap Sel., Kabupaten Cilacap,...

SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG

By Marko Coha

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...

Visit the forum

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       NULL
What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 4;

See possible answers