The Clustered Index is not the Primary Key
As the title says, the clustered index doesn't have to the primary key and vice versa.
Inside-SQL Conference: SQL Server Deep Dives in London
14th June, Londo, UK - Inside-SQL conference offers deep dives on a range of SQL Server topics, with tracks focusing on DBAs, Developers and BI.
Use the discount code "Redgate" for £40 off the price of a ticket.
Unified Approach to Generating Documentation for PowerShell Cmdlets
Now, it is easy to provide professional-quality documentation for PowerShell cmdlets, and to keep it in sync when you make changes, whether they are written in PowerShell or C#. While this has always been easy to do in PowerShell, it was always painful to do in C# or VB because it meant having to build your own MAML file. Michael Sorens completes his three-part series by summarising, in a wallchart, how to go about it.
Boundless Opportunities
There has never been more reasons or better opportunities to learn new skills. Gail Shaw shares her favorite online video training resources sites, what's on her current learning list and why.
Sharing on-premises SQL Server Data Analyses in the Cloud with Power BI
In this article I would like to introduce you to PowerBI.Com to see how to share analyses in the cloud using SQL Server data
The Politics of SQL Security
Dealing with SQL Server security when the application it uses is full of security holes.
Database Hardware and Infrastructure Trends
Glen Berry talks through a number of useful new developments in hardware, storage, and the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server ecosystem.
Natively Compiled Stored Procedures: What they are all about
What are natively compiled stored procedures? Why would we want to use them and what are the performance benefits of using them over classic disk-based stored procedures?
What's Your Test Plan?
This week Steve Jones looks at the formal way in which you might verify changes to your system. Do you have a process?
Considerations around validation errors 41305 and 41325 on memory optimized tables with foreign keys
Denzil Ribeiro looks at the validation phase of transaction lifetime.
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BIT_COUNT I
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Question of the Day
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