Hungarian Notation is misunderstood
Hungarian notation refers to a identifier naming convention. The variable indicates the variables use – as opposed to what they are....
2012-01-17
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Capacity Planning – Monitor and Extrapolate
I wrote a post recently on capacity planning, and then thought of one more thing. In addition to planning for...
2012-01-16
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): SSIS Logging
In previous SSIS versions as the developer you were responsible for configuring all of your logging options, such as what...
2012-01-16
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The Value of Twitter #meme15
Last week, I posted this month’s question for #meme15. As was mentioned in that post, the aim of these posts...
2012-01-16
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Meme15 Twitter
Twitter and Your Career With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this month these two questions: Why should average...
2012-01-16
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Meme15 Twitter
Twitter and Your Career
With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this...
2012-01-16
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Introduction to XML DML (Part 1) - Using the modify() method: insert
This is the first part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-01-16
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The Windows Search Engine Is Currently Disabled
If you have ever gotten this error message you may have been left scratching your head wondering why…kinda like me.
The...
2012-01-16
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#meme15 – Use. Twitter. Why?
Should an average Jane or Joe professional use twitter?
Yes.
Why?
Because, I’m using it.
Not enough reasons? <grumpy face> I knew you wouldn’t...
2012-01-16
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SQL Agent Jobs – Schedule in seconds
1) How can I execute a SQL Server Agent Job every few seconds? Administrators try to use SQL Server Agent as...
2012-01-16
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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