Busy Busy Weeks, Finally Some Good News! SQL 2008 / 2008 R2 Will Get Their Final Service Pack!
We will actually be getting our final Service Pack!
The information can be found here. You may still want extended support...
2014-06-03
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I'm A Candidate For The 2014 PASS Nomination Committee
The 2014 PASS election cycle begins today when voting opens for the Nomination Committee (NomCom) and I'm one of eleven...
2014-06-03
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Attaching All Databases with PowerShell–Attaching Missing Databases
I wrote a PowerShell script recently to actually accomplish a task I that I needed. What’s more, this was the...
2014-06-03
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Columnstore Memory Grant Issue
In a previous post about non-clustered columnstore indexes, I mentioned the creation of an index is a very memory intensive...
2014-06-03
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SQL Server 2014 Cluster Installation Steps
Steps for SQL Server 2014 Cluster Installation :-
1) Lunch SQL Server Installation Center
2) Enter Product Key
3) Accept License
4) Check Global...
2014-06-03
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I’m A Candidate For the PASS 2014 Nominating Committee
I submitted my application for the NomCom on May 21 and after the review process we’re now in “campaign week”....
2014-06-02
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Announcing SQL Summer Camp
A new way to train in SQL Server.
I had an idea a few years back about a training event unlike...
2014-06-02
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #86
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-06-02
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PASS 2014 Nomination Committee
I’m officially on the slate and running for the PASS 2014 Nomination Committee!
Why should you vote for Ryan?
I love the PASS...
2014-06-02
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What is the difference between Money and Decimal(19,4)
One of my co-workers and I were discussing the difference between the data type MONEY and the data type DECIMAL(19,4)....
2014-06-02
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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