SQL Saturday South Island, New Zealand (SSSI)
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Saturday 8th April 2017 will see the biggest ever SQL Saturday South Island New Zealand. The event started in 2013...
2017-03-28
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2016 – Always Encrypted and the GDPR
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming, bringing new rules about the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
For...
2017-03-28
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SQL Server Database Recovery Process Internals – database STARTUP Command
A database recovery process is an essential requirement for database systems, It can be a tedious job and the process...
2017-03-28
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SQLSaturday Madison – April 7-8
The first event I ever spoke at was SQLSaturday in Madison, Wisconsin, back in 2012. I was petrified – would anyone...
2017-03-28
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TempDB Multiple Datafiles
Problem
Most DBAs are aware that (prior to SQL 2016) one of the most common, post installation changes that needs to...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-14)
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Who Stuck These Letters In My DateTimes?
Parsing, creating, and modifying JSON in SQL Server 2016 is really easy. JSON dates and times are not.
Coming from a predominantly SQL background, the JSON DateTime format took some...
2017-03-28
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Why Before How
I’ve spent a lot of time browsing and participating in online technical forums. In my early years in the industry...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Custom keyboard shortcuts in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
People love taking shortcuts because it’s the easiest way to do things faster; computers are no exception. Shortcuts, particularly ones...
2017-03-27
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Data Channel - Interview 04 - Martin Catherall on In Memory OLTP
Welcome to the 4th Interview of Data Channel.
We have Mr.Martin Catherall, 3 time Data Platform MVP from Australia / New...
2017-03-27
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Getting a VHD into Azure with PoSh
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-03-27
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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Question of the Day
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? See possible answers