Justin Figg

VitaminDBA.com is a source of SQL Server News and Tips coming from a SQL Server sr. database analyst with 10 years of IT experience ranging from Windows Server, Network, and SQL Server administration. I upload articles on the blog on a fairly consistent basis with the intention of at least 1 new article a week.

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Hi everyone, I’ve been tasked with migrating a Standalone SQL Server instance to a...

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Programmatic advertising offers numerous advantages for insurance businesses advertising looking to enhance their marketing efforts efficiently....

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Question of the Day

A Strange Choice

What is returned when I run this code in SQL Server 2022? 

CREATE TABLE CatIndex
( indexval VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.CatIndex (indexval) VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3')
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(indexval, cast('2025-01-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-02-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-03-01' AS DATE))
FROM dbo.CatIndex AS ci

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