What SQL Statements Are Currently Using The Transaction Logs?
This article presents a utility that will show you what SQL statements are using the transaction logs, in terms of log space used and transaction duration.
How to version a SQL Server Master Data Services model
In SQL Server Master Data Services all the entities are organized in a model. Once a model is ready to be released to subscribers, it should be frozen and marked as ready for subscribers. Until a model is marked as ready, a model is typically deemed as work in progress. In this article, Siddarth Mehta covers the standard process that's required to release a completed version of the model to subscribers.
Master Data Management (MDM): Help or Hindrance?
Knut Jürgensen shares his experiences, both positive and negative, with regard to the function that Master Data Management fulfils within a company. Too often this critical aspect of a business is overlooked or pushed aside without paying it the attention it deserves based on the cost benefits available.
Stretch Pricing
The Stretch database feature in SQL Server 2016 is fantastic, but is it too expensive?
Row Level Security Part 3 – Disabling Row Level Security for DBAs and Database Owners
In the third part of his series on Row Level Security (RLS), Greg Larson shows how to disable RLS for database administrators, sysadmins, and database owners.
The Internals of WITH ENCRYPTION
Paul White discusses the internals of SQL Server's WITH ENCRYPTION clause, and explains why it is not as safe as you might think.
The PoSh DBA: Accessing SQL Server from PowerShell
The worst part for a DBA of getting started with PowerShell is often just figuring out the best way of working with SQL Server. The most suitable approach to accessing SQL Server depends on the sort of task you need to produce a script for. Laerte Junior aims at a simple guide to the most common approaches and when to use them.
The Penalty for a Data Breach
One of the things that will be debated quite a bit in the next few years will be the penalties for data loss.
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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