Determine if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available
This script will determine the SQL Server version and edition in order to find out if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available.
2014-04-02 (first published: 2013-09-10)
916 reads
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Get the all user and their server role
The script give you the list of all users and their respective Server roles
2014-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-11)
1,570 reads
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,243 reads
DBCC,Backup, Verify and create Agent Job to restore
Script to Automatically Backup, Drop and create Agent Job to restore from that backup.
2014-03-25 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,071 reads
Using Seqence Container instead of Identity
This script is an example of how to use Sequence, similar to Identity.
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,356 reads
Script to Check the Database Backup duration
Script to Check the Database Backup duration of entire instances
2014-03-19 (first published: 2014-02-25)
2,136 reads
Script to Get the Database Restore history
Script to get the Database restore history details including with the files by which the database is restored.
2014-03-17 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,312 reads
Script to Get the Backup History
Script to get the database backup history on SQL Server 2000/2005/2008
2014-03-14 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,542 reads
2014-03-13 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,109 reads
Calendar Table by Year
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-21)
2,144 reads
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BIT_COUNT II
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