Roopesh Uniyal

I have 20 years of progressive IT experience and have worked in different capabilities. I have worked with Data, Database, and Content management extensively in the last 15 yrs. I have worked in different capacities to manage structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.

I have worked in the IT, Insurance, and Financial industry, which gives me an insight not only from an IT industry perspective but from a business vertical too. I have been working as Sr. Systems Architect and designed and implemented Content Management solutions and database solutions for enterprises in the last fifteen years.

I hold an MBA - Analytics degree from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Commerce from India. I am a certified TOGAF Enterprise Architect and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). I also own Oracle Database Administrator and CompTIA Security+ certification. I am also an AIIM and Scaled Agile PM/PO, certified practitioner.
  • Skills: Data, Database, Content Management, Web Management, Analytics, Reporting, Agile, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture

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Using CHOOSE()

We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025. 

CREATE TABLE Status
(
    StatusID INT,
    StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
    StatusID,
    StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');

GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned?

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