SQL Saturday in Iowa City This Weekend
In just a few short days, it will be time for SQL Saturday #98 in Iowa City. If you’ve got...
2011-09-27
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NOT IN or IN?
I have been having a hard time believing my eyes when I noticed that these queries give different results:
1. select...
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KB2463332 failed to install
This morning I was working on getting all new inherited SQL Servers patched to current levels of service packs when...
2011-09-27
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workaround for orphaned users
The server principal is not able to access the database under the current security context, is the error message appears...
2011-09-27
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Missing indexes
One of the most common things I encounter when asked to help with performance problems, is wrong or inadequate indexing....
2011-09-27
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September 2011 SQL Server 2008 Instance Level Diagnostic Queries
Since it is late September, I thought it would be a good time to release an updated set of Diagnostic...
2011-09-27
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ALTER AUTHORIZATION sql to change owner of a database
ALTER AUTHORIZATION changes the ownership of entities . Server level entity ownership can be changed to server- level principals. Database level...
2011-09-27
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Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
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Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
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SQL Server – Creating and using Dump Devices for Backups
A dump device is simply a logical device which redirects to a specified physical device. The main advantage of using...
2011-09-26
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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)
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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