Comparing Stored Procedures, Part 2
Second in a series of scripts demonstrating a quantitative comparison between the text of two stored procedures
2011-03-29 (first published: 2009-02-09)
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SQL 2005 Rebuild\Reorganize Indexes with Reports
This custom sp rebuilds \ reorganizes indexes for SQL 2005 databases and logs results for further analysis.
2011-03-25 (first published: 2009-02-16)
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My favorite way to access Excel files
Using opendatasource to retrieve data from Excel files as if querying a table.
2011-03-22 (first published: 2009-01-27)
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Update 2 databases with 1 script
This script will allow you to update 2 databases with the same names, but different schemas/software/database versions.
2011-03-14 (first published: 2011-03-03)
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Get Item from Delimited List at Position
Returns the item from a delimited list at the specified position. Both position and delimiter are parameters.
2011-03-10 (first published: 2011-02-21)
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2011-03-04 (first published: 2011-02-21)
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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