Top 50 PowerShell bloggers of 2018
My work is recognized and my blog is listed under Top 30 elite list. I am pleased, honored and humbled...
2018-12-18
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Azure at the Ranch
From our webinar today, I mentioned I had a dog named “Azure”. Here she is.
No, this isn’t an homage to...
2018-12-18
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Quickly Compare Data in Two Tables Using CHECKSUM and CHECKSUM_AGG
There are times when we need to compare two tables and figure out if the data matches. I often see...
2018-12-31 (first published: 2018-12-18)
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Recap
Small tokens of gratitude and small actions help to build this wonderful SQL Community that gives and gives and gives. Humility leads us to seek out ways to give...
2018-12-18
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Recap
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
This month I am in charge of the topic for TSQLTuesday. The invite...
2018-12-18
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Seeing WriteLog wait type on your SQL Server?
One of the more common wait types for SQL Server is called WriteLog. In its most basic form it is...
2018-12-27 (first published: 2018-12-18)
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Visualizing Merge Join Internals And Understanding Their Implications
This post is part 2 in a series about physical join operators (be sure to check out part 1 – nested...
2018-12-31 (first published: 2018-12-18)
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Visualizing Merge Join Internals And Understanding Their Implications
This post is part 2 in a series about physical join operators (be sure to check out part 1 - nested loops joins, and part 3 - hash match...
2018-12-18
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Visualizing Merge Join Internals And Understanding Their Implications
This post is part 2 in a series about physical join operators (be sure to check out part 1 - nested loops joins, and part 3 - hash match...
2018-12-18
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Meetup Pro for Non Profits
We use Meetup for SQLOrlando. We have enough members that we have to pay for the service and it works...
2018-12-18
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By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
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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