The T-SQL ROW_NUMBER() Function
If you learn one new T-SQL (i.e., Microsoft SQL Server) concept today it should be ROW_NUMBER(). Introduced in SQL 2005,...
2014-03-22
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Index Scripting with Powershell
I’ve been actively seeking out opportunities to do more stuff with Powershell of late.
I had wanted to script out only...
2014-03-21
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Webinar Q&A: Getting Started With Analysis Services
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2014-03-21
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Reblog: March 14 to March 20
Photo credit – JStove
Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have...
2014-03-21
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More On Alas Snapshot
Hopefully you had a chance to answer the Alas Poor Snapshot, I Knew Him Well question of the day than...
2014-03-21
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The power of the baseline
There is one thing we all have in common, and a lot of us probably don’t even realize it, baselines!
While...
2014-03-21
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Talk
I almost forgot to tell you about the Database Administration Virtual Chapter meeting next week, March 26th, 2014. I’ll be...
2014-03-21
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Friday Followup For March 21, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-03-21
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The power of the baseline
There is one thing we all have in common, and a lot of us probably don’t even realize it, baselines!
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2014-03-27 (first published: 2014-03-21)
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Disheartening Apples
Question: How many Oracle DBAs can you fit in Madison Square Garden?
Answer: None, their egos won’t fit through the door.
No,...
2014-03-21
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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