SQL Lunch – GeoFlow: 3D Geospatial Visualization
Join me next month to learn about a new Geospatial visualization feature of Excel 2013 on the SQL Lunch.
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Adding Data to Filestream with T-SQL
I’ve written on how to enable Filestream and how to add a filegroup, but I haven’t touched the Filestream impact...
2013-04-25
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Database Administration KPIs – 1/2
As a DBA, we may all have this question: How should my work be evaluated objectively? or in another way,...
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Database Administration KPIs – 1/2
As a DBA, we may all have this question: How should my work be evaluated objectively? or in another way,...
2013-04-25
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How to backup a SQL 2012 database directly to Windows Azure
It has been a little while since I posted something and I’ve been meaning to finish off this blog for...
2013-04-24
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PowerSQL – Generate Only Index Script of All Tables or Specific Tables
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2013-04-24
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Identify the cause of SQL Server blocking
In my previous article (Different techniques to identify blocking in SQL Server) on MSSQLTips.com, I discussed about locks and blocks,...
2013-04-24
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The Public Role – a potential high risk security concern for DBAs
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2013-04-24
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SQL Server index related dynamic management views and functions (Part 2)
SQL Server uses indexes to sort and organize table data. It creates indexes based on ordering values from one or...
2013-04-24
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The 200 Billion Dollar Tweet
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2013-04-24
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dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
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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