A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Algorithm 1: Not-So-Naïve Bayes
Thankfully, the simplest of SQL Server’s algorithms is not quite as naïve about data mining as I am.
As mentioned...
2013-01-09 (first published: 2013-01-04)
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Multidimensional Mayhem
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 0.2: How to Dig Out of a Data Mining Cave-In
This third part in my series of self-tutorials in SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM) was delayed for several weeks due...
2013-01-03
1,928 reads
A Trip Down the Rickety Stairway…
I’ve had to delay my series of self-tutorials on data mining for a few weeks following an antibiotic resistant infection...
2012-12-24
770 reads
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 0.1: Data In, Data Out
In the first of a series of amateur tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), I promised to pull off...
2012-11-28
7,158 reads
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 0.0: An Introduction to an Introduction
As I mentioned in my column in June, one of the many lessons I learned at the first-ever SQL Saturday...
2012-11-15
5,518 reads
Another Stop-Gap Solution for the SQL Server 2012 Identity Crisis
I haven’t seen this many fake ID’s since I was in college.
Back on April 26, Grant Fritchey (of execution...
2012-10-24 (first published: 2012-10-16)
5,138 reads
A Novel Workaround for an Infamous SSAS Connection Error
For months I’ve been itching to get the latest version of SQL Server, thanks to the addition of new functionality...
2012-08-28
1,938 reads
SQL Saturday in Rochester Exceeds Expectations
After being forced to deliver sour grapes in my last few columns – thanks to some unexpectedly negative experiences with Oracle...
2012-05-29
1,767 reads
Thank God I Chose SQL Server part II: How to Improperly Install Oracle 11gR2
As part of my ongoing effort to teach by bad example and pass on what little I’ve learned about programming...
2012-05-01
3,559 reads
Thank God I Chose SQL Server part I: The Tribulations of a DB2 Trial
My last column, Misadventures in TDE: How to Restore an Encrypted SQL Server Database Completely Wrong, described a comedy of...
2012-03-31
3,677 reads
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