In the latest version of SQL Change Automation, we enable you to be more flexible in your approach to Database DevOps and combine elements of both state- and migrations- based approaches. Learn more about the new workflow.
We as DBAs, changing or migrating databases to a new path is important part of admin’s world. This article helps you with the steps involved to move the Critical 'master' database.
The SQL Server set statistics time statement displays the number of milliseconds to parse, compile, and execute a T-SQL query statement. This set statement is widely used to assess times to implement a query statement. The set statistics time statement reports the CPU time and elapsed time for performance tuning.
Those who work on various databases, or even those who do not, must have come across the term, Dynamic SQL. Dynamic SQL is basically a programming technique that enables you to build SQL statements dynamically at run time. It allows you to create more general purpose flexible SQL statement because the full text of the […]
You want to attach a SQL Server database that does not have the transaction log files and get the following error: "The log cannot be rebuilt because there were open transactions/users when the database was shutdown, no checkpoint occurred to the database, or the database was read-only. This error could occur if the transaction log file was manually deleted or lost due to a hardware or environment failure." In this tip I will help you to successfully attach the transaction log to the problematic SQL Server database.
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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