Advantages of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Deployment Model
Are you just starting out with Azure and wonder: What is Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Deployment Model? Or what’s the...
2018-08-27
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Why I Love Extended Events, Reason 394: Customize Live Data
There are so many reasons to love Extended Events that it can really be overwhelming, but, one more reason that...
2018-08-27
363 reads
Copying formatted text out of a grid column.
I was reading a post today by Bert Wagner (b/t).
Displaying Long Variable Values in SQL Server
By the way, if...
2018-08-27
923 reads
Two Posts About PASS
I’m a little late getting to this, but I think both of these are worth reading:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-pass-group-leaders-sql-saturday-steve-rezhener-mba/https://medium.com/@SteffLocke/sqlsaturdays-shouldnt-give-up-pass-money-a478a97ee0c7Suggest you post any thoughts...
2018-08-27
280 reads
Azure Every Day, Azure Data Week, and More Azure
As you likely know, I am a Principal Consultant at Pragmatic Works. This year we have been doing some great...
2018-08-25
396 reads
Bringing DevOps to #SQLSat Oslo
As my kids get older and I spend less time with them, I look forward to visiting new countries. While...
2018-08-24
472 reads
Leveraging on SQL Server metadata
I’m working on a project where I need to convert Firebird SQL code into T-SQL code.
No schema, just the modules....
2018-08-24
320 reads
Experimenting SysTools SQL Database Repair Tool by SQL MVP Shashank
Author Bio: Shashank is a TechNet Wiki Ninja who loves to work on SQL Server. He lives in Mumbai and...
2018-08-24
360 reads
Guatemala SQL Server local group
Good news for all the Guatemalan data professionals, starting from August 2018 you have an official PASS SQL Server local...
2018-08-23
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Remember the Default Window
I ran across a question recently from a user about why they had strange results from a windowing query. This...
2018-09-10 (first published: 2018-08-23)
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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