SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
Photo by Rick Meyers on UnsplashWith only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year...
2017-12-26
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SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
With only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review post. Below you'll find some of my top 5...
2017-12-26
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Extended Events Permissions
Some view the permissions for Extended Events as a limitation. I see the required permissions as an appropriate set and recommend all to work with XE and permissions to...
2017-12-26
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Extended Events Permissions
A common question that I am asked about Extended Events relates to what kind of permissions are required in order...
2017-12-26
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Extended Events Permissions
A common question that I am asked about Extended Events relates to what kind of permissions are required in order...
2017-12-26
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What is the Automatic Plan Correction in SQL Server 2017?
SQL Server 2017 brings a new interesting feature, that might be a game changer in some environments. I’m talking about...
2017-12-25
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My Interview at Data Platform Geeks 2017
Dear All, Earlier this year in August, I had the privilege of speaking at Data Platform Summit 2017 at Bangalore. As always a terrific experience to hangout, interact and...
2017-12-23
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My Interview at Data Platform Geeks 2017
Dear All, Earlier this year in August, I had the privilege of speaking at Data Platform Summit 2017 at Bangalore. As always a terrific experience to hangout, interact and...
2017-12-23
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Adaptive Query Processing - Adaptive Joins - Plan resue - 3
Continuing on the series on Adaptive Query Processing covered over here, this post would cover what happens to adaptive joins when plans are reused.
To give a...
2017-12-23
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Adaptive Query Processing - Adaptive Joins - Plan resue - 3
Continuing on the series on Adaptive Query Processing covered over here, this post would cover what happens to adaptive joins when plans are reused.
To give a...
2017-12-23
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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