SQL Server – Backup to NUL trick - read throughput
A neat test for read speed backup throughput is to use the Backup to NUL .
NUL is a special “file”. It's...
2012-01-11
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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation
Thanks for everyone who attended my presentation “How To Make a LOT More Money as a Consultant” at HASSUG.
Here is...
2012-01-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 – Second Changes with Date/Time
I missed the very first T-SQL Tuesday, so when this month’s topic of second chances came up, I decided to...
2012-01-10
1,409 reads
PowerView: Coordinating Chart Colors
During a recent customer engagement I was asked if it was possible to ensure that the colors in a Line...
2012-01-10
1,615 reads
TSQL Tuesday #026 – Second Chances
Welcome to the first TSQL Tuesday of 2012! This month’s soiree is being hosted by Dave Howard (blog | twitter) and...
2012-01-10
922 reads
FIRST_VALUE() Analytic Function–SQL Server 2012
Given a customer table:
CREATE TABLE Customers
(CustId INT, OrderDate DATE, OrderAmount MONEY) ;
INSERT Customers VALUES
(1, ’2011-12-03', 12500)
, (1, ’2011-10-07', 15000)
, (1,...
2012-01-10
847 reads
Server Name and SQL Server Name
I have, in the past had the need to rename a server, either because the server has been named incorrectly...
2012-01-10
790 reads
TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
This second chance, gives me the opportunity to finally talk about a topic that has been on my to-blog list for quite some time. I hope this post will...
2012-01-10
10 reads
TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
The first opportunity of this New Year to participate in TSQLTuesday, we have been invited by David Howard (blog) to...
2012-01-10
895 reads
How safe are your secrets?
We’ve all have service accounts, application accounts, sysadmin and domain admin accounts and other privileged shared accounts on our systems....
2012-01-10
649 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