Illustration of an example availability monitoring service Using PowerShell and SQL
This article discusses a simple solution of how to monitor SQL service availability across multiple servers and reporting. To build...
2017-03-23
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Blog Posts
Run a Job on SQL Azure (Using SSIS Package)
Requirements: A valid azure account, Local Instance of SQL Server (>= 2012), SQL Server Data Tools, Excel 2007 or above
Scenario: Dump...
2017-03-23 (first published: 2017-03-11)
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SQL Agent on vNext – Linux
SQL Server is running on Linux now with SQLPAL- SQL Platform Abstraction Layer(SQLPAL) -it will work as a virtual Windows server on...
2017-03-23
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TempDB Database On a Local Disk for an FCI
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TempDB Database On a Local Disk for an FCI
This article will be helpful in configuring TempDB on a local Disk instead of shared storage in SQL Server 2012/2014....
2017-03-23
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TempDB Database On a Local Disk for an FCI
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TempDB Database On a Local Disk for an FCI
This article will be helpful in configuring TempDB on a local...
2017-03-23
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U-SQL Defined
Azure Data Lake Analytics (ADLA) is a distributed analytics service built on Apache YARN that allows developers to be productive immediately...
2017-03-23
507 reads
vNext has AG
Now vNext SQL Server on Linux supports Availability Group HA/DR functionality supported. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/02/17/sql-server-on-linux-mission-critical-hadr-with-always-on-availability-groups/
2017-03-23
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Why You Should Change the Cost Threshold for Parallelism
I’ve written several times about the Cost Threshold for Parallelism and it’s relationship to your execution plans, how to determine...
2017-03-23 (first published: 2017-03-13)
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Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
The 2nd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2016 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Downloads site. Please note...
2017-03-22
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Embrace The Missing Index DMVs - But Proceed with Caution!
One of the performance tools I use all of the time is the set of Missing Index DMVs: · sys.dm_db_missing_index_details– Detailed...
2017-03-22 (first published: 2017-03-09)
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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